It is not serious.

It’s not serious in terms of the price. Google should definitely be split up but Chrome controls the internet’s standards and is effectively Google’s equivalent of windows from a past era. It’s probably worth at least ten times what perplexity offered, at least to Google.

> Perplexity's own AI-enabled web browser, Comet, is built -- like all web browsers except Firefox -- on Chromium

Say what...? What about webkit lol

They're serious because ...

> ... would provide Perplexity with a shortcut to user acquisition and enhance data collection for targeted advertising.

... advertising dollars? Wouldn't every company want that? I'm guessing Perplexity wants to make an AI browser, but wanting advertisement money hardly makes a company's offer stand out.