New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Google hasn't put Chrome up for sale, but antitrust proceedings could force its parent, Alphabet, to look for buyers. While Perplexity wants Chrome for its access to over 3 billion users and dominance in the artificial intelligence (AI) search race, OpenAI is also interested.

Mint decodes the bids for the world's most popular browser.

AI-powered web search engine Perplexity wants Chrome because it's the gateway to over 3 billion users and the dominant player in the AI search race. Chrome underpins Google's search empire, and owning it would give Perplexity, co-founded by Indian-origin computer scientist Aravind Srinivas, direct access to user behaviour, search traffic, and advertising data.

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