US-based AI startup Perplexity has submitted an acquisition offer to Alphabet, Google's parent company, to purchase the Chrome browser for a staggering $34.5 billion. In its proposal, Perplexity vows to maintain Chrome's core code as open source and pledges to invest $3 billion within the next two years, all while assuring that the default search engine will remain unchanged. Several prominent funds have already expressed their willingness to fully finance this landmark transaction.