According to several reports, the U.S. is pressuring Google to sell its Chrome browser, citing monopoly concerns. The twist? OpenAI is interested in buying it.
📈 Google Chrome is estimated to be worth over $50 billion. Yes, billion with a "B".
🔍 I don’t think it’s right that, no matter how big you are, you're forced to sell a product you built from scratch and maintained for years — just because it dominates the market. People choose Chrome. It’s not imposed. If others can’t compete, maybe the issue isn’t a monopoly — it’s lack of innovation.
🧠 Meanwhile, OpenAI wants to build an AI-first browser. They’ve got the vision, the talent, and the tech — but not the capital to buy Chrome. What’s more, owning a browser would give them access to enormous amounts of user data that could potentially be used to train future AI models. That raises serious questions about privacy, consent, and control in the AI era.
Big moves are coming in tech. But this isn’t free market — it’s forced intervention.