20250423 - OpenAI offers to buy the Chrome web browser from Google. Uh huh.
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Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/23/openai-offers-to-buy-the-chrome-web-browser-from-google-uh-huh/
Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-05/google-loses-doj-antitrust-suit-over-search
Justice Department Seeks Google Chrome Sale to Curb Monopoly https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/justice-department-seeks-google-chrome-sale-to-curb-monopoly
OpenAI Would Buy Google’s Chrome Browser, ChatGPT Chief Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/openai-would-buy-google-s-chrome-browser-chatgpt-chief-says
Google’s Chrome Worth Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/doj-will-push-google-to-sell-off-chrome-to-break-search-monopoly
Ed Zitron: OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the-tech-industry-2/
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried points to Coinbase as potential acquisition target for his company (2022) https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-points-to-coinbase-as-potential-acquisition-2022-10
Wikipedia: Manifest v3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Manifest_V3_2
Previously:
Elon Musk merges xAI and Twitter — the new AOL Time Warner https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7a1-6MU3QA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI signs its $40 billion deal with SoftBank! Or maybe $30 billion, probably https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aP1zUUcmjk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7a1-6MU3QA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Crypto collapse: J. Pierpont Moneygone — FTX rekt, bought by Binance (2022) https://amycastor.com/2022/11/08/crypto-collapse-j-pierpont-moneygone-ftx-rekt-bought-by-binance/
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