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.

Many see Perplexity’s bid to buy Google’s Chrome browser as a strategic statement rather than a likely transaction.

One technology industry investor called the $34.5bn offer a "stunt" that is much lower than Chrome's true value.