OpenAI wants to buy Google’s Chrome, too
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Axios’ Ina Fried that, just like Perplexity, the ChatGPT maker is also interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser, should the search giant be forced to sell in its antitrust trial.
“If Chrome is really gonna sell, we should take a look at it,” Altman told a group of journalists at a rare, wide-ranging on-the-record dinner. “I don’t have a number in mind, but I would like to have it.”
While still a long shot, an OpenAI bid to acquire Chrome is perhaps more feasible than Perplexity’s. OpenAI is eyeing a $500 billion valuation — a sum that makes both its current $18 billion valuation and Perplexity’s $34.5 billion offer for Alphabet’s browser seem paltry.
While still a long shot, an OpenAI bid to acquire Chrome is perhaps more feasible than Perplexity’s. OpenAI is eyeing a $500 billion valuation — a sum that makes both its current $18 billion valuation and Perplexity’s $34.5 billion offer for Alphabet’s browser seem paltry.
