Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine startup founded just a couple of years ago, reportedly wants to acquire the Chrome web browser from Google. According to multiple outlets, including Bloomberg and Reuters, Perplexity has made an "all-cash" offer of $34.5 billion to purchase Chrome.

In a surprise move, Perplexity AI made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to buy Google’s Chrome, per reports by WSJ and CNBC Tuesday, coming as a legal ruling is pending in an antitrust case the internet giant lost that could force it to divest the browser.

The bid comes as a federal judge considers forcing the tech giant to sell the web browser after its antitrust violations.