Perplexity made headlines this week when the artificial intelligence startup said it had offered to buy Google’s Chrome, the world’s largest internet browser, for a price amounting to nearly double its valuation.

Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet's Chrome browser on Tuesday, a bid far above its own valuation as the startup reaches for the browser's billions of users pivotal to the AI search race.

It’s questionable that a startup with limited size and reach could afford to buy the world’s most popular web browser, but it’s not a bad way to posture. The AI search startup Perplexity has tendered an unsolicited offer to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.