For the better part of a decade, Google Chrome has dominated the web browser market. Whether it be use cases or conversations around them, not to mention the countless memes that have followed, Chrome is part of internet culture. Not that there has not been any competition. Rather, there’s been tons of it. But everyone, from Microsoft Edge to Opera and others, has largely lived and worked around its influence – never outright beating Google at its game. Something that has forced many to sue Google, time and time again, with the jury still out on whether to call it a monopoly or not. If that wasn’t enough, some have even offered to buy Chrome. In other words, Google Chrome is a big deal, and you better believe it.
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However, the rapid rise of generative AI has disrupted this status quo. Or at least that’s the impression you get when hearing some of the conversations that have been going on off late. At the centre of most of these conversations are two companies – relatively new compared to Google – OpenAI and Perplexity.
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