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.

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.

Perplexity's $34.5 billion bid to acquire Chrome from Google made headlines worldwide. Discover, Instagram, X — you just couldn't miss the headline, it was everywhere. However, there's a different company that's already outbidding perplexity, and it has mostly gone under the radar.