Google’s Chrome Worth Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale (2)

Nov. 19, 2024, 10:44 PM UTC

Alphabet Inc.’s Chrome browser could go for as much as $20 billion if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business, in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world’s biggest tech companies.

The department will ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolized the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system, according to people familiar with the plans.

WATCH: Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser. Kriti Gupta breaks down the situation. Source: Bloomberg

Antitrust officials, along with states that have joined the case, also plan to recommend Wednesday that federal judge ...

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