Other high-profile AI chatbots include Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, Microsoft's Copilot, Meta Platform's Llama, and DeepSeek — a Chinese chatbot that created a stir earlier this year because it was reportedly developed for just $6 million.

The unsolicited bid was sent to Alphabet’s Google ahead of a US court decision that could force the giant search group to sell the browser.

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