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.

The unsolicited all-cash offer is significantly higher than Perplexity's current estimated $18 billion valuation. Here's why it's probably a stunt.

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