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rvz on Aug 12, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5B Offer for Chrome

Yes they are. They did it with their bid to buy TikTok which went no where.

Perplexity already has a browser. At this point, this is complete desperation from them for attention.

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