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.

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 made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google's web browser and claims it has the backing to pull it off.