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.

AI startup Perplexity said it made a formal offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, in anticipation of requirements that may be imposed on the search giant in antitrust proceedings.

Perplexity AI has made a $34.5 billion cash offer to buy Chrome from Alphabet's Google, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as U.S. regulators press a landmark antitrust case that may compel the search giant to sell the browser.