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Perplexity AI

AI-native answer engine challenging Google Search
AI 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2022
Current Valuation
$18B
as of 2025-Q4
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Perplexity reimagines search as an AI-first answer engine. Offers free + Pro tiers with multi-model routing across GPT, Claude, and its own Sonar models. Comet browser launched in 2025 to integrate AI search natively.

Company Profile

CEO
Aravind Srinivas
Founded
2022
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~250
Total Raised
$1.5B
Est. Revenue
$100M (2025)
Growth
~5x YoY
Last Round
Series E — $500M (Dec 2025) · Lead: Institutional Venture Partners
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Founders & Key People

Aravind SrinivasDenis YaratsJohnny HoAndy Konwinski

Investors

IVP · Nvidia · Jeff Bezos · Bessemer · Susa Ventures · Elad Gil · New Enterprise Associates

Products

  • Perplexity Search
  • Perplexity Pro ($20/mo)
  • Comet (browser)
  • Perplexity for Enterprise
  • Shopping

Competitors

Google Search (GOOGL) · OpenAI (ChatGPT Search) · You.com · Brave Search
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.