Google Antitrust Ruling a Mixed Outcome for AI Startups: Q&AI

A judge’s decision not to break up Google’s business may complicate a push by AI startups to compete in search. But first…

Three things to know:

• Broadcom shares soar on work with OpenAI to create new AI chip
• Anthropic completes new funding round at $183 billion value
• China’s DeepSeek preps AI agent for end of 2025 to rival OpenAI

Searching for an edge

In recent months, OpenAI and Perplexity had openly expressed interest in buying Google’s Chrome browser, with Perplexity going so far as to put in an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid. While it may have ...