India, Aug. 13 -- If you thought tech drama had peaked this year with Elon Musk backed Grok's AI anime wife "Anie", think again. In a move that left the internet somewhere between amused and bewildered, artificial intelligence startup Perplexity has decided to make an unsolicited offer to buy Google's Chrome browser. for a cool $34.5 billion. Yes, billion - with a "B."

The offer, made on Tuesday, August 12, comes as part of Perplexity's ambitious (and possibly delusional) mission to chip away at Google's web-search dominance. But here's the kicker: Perplexity itself is valued at around $18 billion. Which means they're essentially offering twice their own worth to snag Chrome. So how do they plan to make up the difference? According to Th...