
Perplexity AI is quickly proving that in tech, attention is a currency all its own. In the past few months, the AI-powered search startup has floated a dizzying series of headline-worthy moves: offering to buy ByteDance Ltd‘s (OTCPK:BDNCE) TikTok, pitching $34.5 billion for Alphabet Inc‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google Chrome browser, and reportedly entertaining acquisition talks with Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META). None of these deals has actually happened — and that might be the point.
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