Perplexity AI Domain Redirect News: Perplexity.in suddenly started redirecting to Google Gemini, due to which rumors spread among users that Google might have bought Perplexity. But the real platform of the company is still working fine on its own domain.
Perplexity AI vs Google Gemini: Nowadays everything becomes big news in the digital world. Something similar happened when suddenly on opening ‘perplexity.in’ users started reaching Google Gemini directly. Both the companies are in direct competition in the AI search race, so this redirect is surprising people. The most interesting thing is that Perplexity AI is still running properly on its original domain, that is, there has been no indication of any change from the company’s side. Now the question arises whether this is a joke, a technical glitch or someone’s strategic game?
Did Google buy Perplexity?
Many posts on social media are claiming that Google has quietly purchased Perplexity. But till now no such official information has come from neither Google nor Perplexity. Domain redirects can be under the control of any third-party, so it would be premature to claim a big deal from this alone.
Where did the information about Perplexity redirect come from?
Abhinandan Jhamb, Founder and CEO of Codesoftic, while sharing a post on his LinkedIn, wrote, ‘The domain perplexity.in is now taking users directly to Google Gemini, which is Perplexity AI’s biggest competitor in the AI search and assistant sector. It is not yet clear whether this domain is with Google or Google itself has set this redirect. Some people say that this redirect could be someone’s prank, a coping strategy, or it could just be a decision of the person who owns the domain. At present, the original Perplexity AI platform is still operating normally on ‘perplexity.ai’.
Are you preparing for some big step?
Perplexity has sent an all-cash offer of $34.5 billion to buy Google’s Chrome browser in August 2025. The offer is larger than the value of Perplexity itself ($18B). This offer included $34.5 billion in cash for Chrome, $3 billion in development investment over the next two years, a promise to keep Chromium open-source, no changes to Chrome’s default search settings, and a job offer to a large portion of the Chrome team. Perplexity claims that ‘users’ preferences will not change, only the browser will get better.’
What is Perplexity AI?
Perplexity AI describes itself as a ‘multi-tool for finding information’. In simple language, it is an AI-powered search engine. You can consider it as a mixed form of ChatGPT and Google Search. It does not give you a list of links, but answers your question directly, clearly and with sources. Perplexity works like a chatbot. You ask it any question and it answers you immediately. It also searches for latest news, sports scores and latest updates using Google and Bing’s APIs. Therefore, in a way, you can consider it as both an AI chatbot and a search tool. While Google shows you a list of many websites, Perplexity itself reads those websites and gives you a small summary. It also shows all the sources below, so that if you want, you can go to them and read the complete content.
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