Search.com’s $35B Bid For Chrome Tops Perplexity’s, Barely

Search.com, which ad.com
acquired in July, became the second company to publicly make an official bid for Google’s Chrome browser.

The bid of $35 billion, follows Perplexity’s $34.5 billion bid made earlier this month. 

The offer is backed by JP
Morgan and several private equity groups. 

Search.com and Ad.com are subsidiaries within the Public Good family of companies, which is owned by Ad.com Interactive Media
Inc. 

“As AI advances at an unprecedented pace, it’s essential to make its benefits accessible to all — while steadfastly upholding ethical principles,” said
Melissa Anderson, President, Public Good.

The company behind search.com does not currently have its own stand-alone web
browser. 

Anderson believes that with
Chrome owning 65% of global browser traffic, embedding AI must be equitable, and this could determine the future of how 3 billion people access information.

Search.com promises
something different — cash back for users, revenue sharing for publishers, and an “end to ad-cluttered web experience that has suffocated the internet for decades.”

As the Department of
Justice makes a decision about remedies in Google’s antitrust trial, Google could be forced to sell Chrome. The move could reshape the entire internet by Christmas, according to
Anderson.

Search.com is a division of Public Good, a digital marketing company owned by Ad.com, which acquired it in July 2025. It works with publishers, brands and consumers.

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