Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion unsolicited all-cash offer for Alphabet’s Google Chrome browser on Tuesday. The three-year-old firm, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and chip maker Nvidia,

Artificial intelligence search company Perplexity has made an unsolicited, $34.5 billion offer to purchase Google’s Chrome browser, a surprise move by a Google Search challenger that’s looking to upend how people find information online.

Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Perplexity has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover offer for Google's Chrome internet browser. Moving Chrome to an independent operator committed to user safety would benefit the public, Perplexity said in a letter to Sundar Pichai, the boss of Google's owner Alphabet.