Chegg Sues Alphabet, Says Google AI Led to Strategic Review

Company weighing “strategic alternatives” for its business
Chegg suing Alphabet and Google over diverted web traffic

Chegg’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
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By Redd Brown, Leah Nylen, and Davey Alba

February 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM UTC

Updated on

February 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM UTC

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Chegg Inc. is weighing “strategic alternatives” for its business, saying that traffic to its web-based education platform has been decimated following Google’s launch of an artificial intelligence-powered summary tool.

The company, which offers online homework help, has also filed a lawsuit against the search engine and its parent Alphabet Inc. over what it says is unfair competition caused by the Google AI Overviews product.