Perplexity said in a statement to the Journal that its bid is “designed to satisfy an antitrust remedy in highest public interest by placing Chrome with a capable, independent operator.”
In its letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Perplexity said its offer was designed to serve “the highest public interest” by placing Chrome in “capable, independent” hands. The company vows to maintain Chromium, the open-source foundation of Chrome and many other browsers, and also promises to keep Google as the default search engine within Chrome, though it would allow users to easily switch. This latter point may prove crucial as the DOJ contemplates how it will conclude its probe into Google’s monopolistic practices.
Perplexity and Google did not immediately respond to Fortune‘s request for comment.
