Yesterday, Perplexity, the fast-growing AI platform, soft-launched Comet, a new web browser meant to compete with Google Chrome and Safari.

Perplexity's Comet wants to kill the click. OpenAI is poised to follow. Google Chrome might be next on the chopping block.

OpenAI is reportedly looking to use the browser to capture more user data — a strategy that has worked out to Google's benefit with Chrome. The browser is also expected to have agentic AI features such as Operator,