Judge Amit Mehta, who is presiding over the case, has already found that Google used exclusionary agreements to maintain its search dominance. If the court sides with the Justice Department, it could result in drastic remedies — including forcing Google to sell off Chrome, one of its most strategic assets.

Perplexity Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shevelenko said he didn’t want to testify in a trial about how to resolve Google’s search monopoly because he feared retribution from Google. But after being subpoenaed to appear in court, he seized the moment to pitch a business opportunity for his AI company: buying Chrome.

With Google’s browser dominance under legal fire, tech giants and AI startups are already eyeing Chrome’s enormous reach.