Overview
- Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas posted that “the internet is too important to be left in Google’s hands” while promoting the Comet AI browser on X.
- Netizens questioned Comet’s independence because it is built on Chromium, the same open-source engine that powers Google Chrome.
- A recent user poll run by Srinivas showed Chrome narrowly ahead of Comet, reinforcing the scale challenge for a new entrant.
- Srinivas said Comet is a work in progress and acknowledged that some Google services are likely out of reach, calling YouTube and Maps the hardest to displace.
- Comet packages AI features such as an assistant sidebar and workspaces, supports Chrome extensions, and has drawn traction in India alongside a Bharti Airtel promotion.