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.
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2022
Current Valuation
$18B
as of 2025-Q4
DECACORN
QL Price
$18B
+1% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Perplexity AI, published 2026-10-08 — in line with the last disclosed round of $18B (2025-Q4).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$18B
2025-Q4
weight 0.59
Secondary market print
$18B
2026-06-27
weight 0.77
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Perplexity AI since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-08 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Perplexity AI going public?
No. Perplexity AI has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Perplexity AI's valuation in 2026?
Perplexity AI is valued at $18B as of 2025-Q4, set by its Series E ($500M, Dec 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Perplexity AI filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Perplexity AI.
Who are Perplexity AI's investors?
Perplexity AI's investors include IVP, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, Bessemer, Susa Ventures, Elad Gil and 1 more.
How much has Perplexity AI raised?
Perplexity AI has raised $1.5B in total, most recently a Series E of $500M in Dec 2025.
Is Perplexity AI publicly traded — can you buy Perplexity AI stock?
No. Perplexity AI is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Perplexity AI on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
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
Fundraising Status
Series E · $500M · 10 mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $1.5B
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$70.25
Last round price / share
$69.54
vs last round
+1.0%
Open interest
57
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series E
$500M
Dec 2025
Institutional Venture Partners
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
20
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
158,791
across all models
Followers
2,866
Top model
pplx-embed-v1-0.6b
71,571 downloads / 30d
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Perplexity" as of 2026-10-04. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+17% vs 2026-08
Open roles
117
via ashby
Product-build share
55%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
product-led hiring — 55% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization)Member of Technical Staff (AI Inference Engineer)Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer)Member of Technical Staff (Backend/Infrastructure Engineer, Search)Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer, Search)Member of Technical Staff (Search Engine Developer, Search Core)
Counted from Perplexity AI's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
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.