3 Reasons Why It’s a Stunt
One reason why pundits are calling this offer a go-nowhere stunt? Because Perplexity has made a similar move in the past. In January, it publically offered to merge with TikTok US when the popular social platform was making headlines due to US concerns about its Chinese owners.
However, there’s another, more relevant reason: It’s just too much money. Companies don’t really buy other companies that are worth the same amount as they are, let alone billions more.
There’s one last reason, too. This gives Perplexity the chance to bring a little more attention to the fact that Chrome could potentially be bought at all, which may help throw a little shade on Perplexity’s biggest rival in the search engine game, Google.
