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Perplexity AI, Inc. is an American private software company based in San Francisco, offering a conversational "answer engine" that processes user queries and synthesizes responses with real-time source attribution.

Founded2022United States
HQSan FranciscoUnited States
Total funding$1817100B9 · 2022–2025
Valuation$21,21 mld🦄post-money (Series E-6) · 2026
01 · About

Perplexity AI

Founded 2022 · San Francisco, United States

Perplexity AI is an American technology company developing artificial intelligence systems for information retrieval and knowledge synthesis. The company has created one of the most widely recognized AI answer engines, combining a web search capability with large language models.

The Perplexity system analyzes web sources in real time and generates responses together with source citations. Unlike traditional search engines that present a list of links, Perplexity produces a direct answer to the user's query.

The company is also developing more advanced agentic systems, such as Perplexity Computer, which can autonomously execute tasks, analyze data, and automate workflows.

Perplexity AI is one of the fastest-growing startups in the generative artificial intelligence space and a competitive alternative to Google Search in the context of AI-driven information retrieval.

  • Aravind Srinivas

    Co-founder, CEO

    Indian–American AI researcher with a PhD from UC Berkeley; co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI.

  • Denis Yarats

    Co-founder, CTO

    AI researcher previously at Facebook AI Research; co-founder and CTO of Perplexity AI.

  • Johnny Ho

    Co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer

    American engineer and former International Olympiad in Informatics medalist; co-founder of Perplexity AI.

  • Andy Konwinski

    Co-founder

    American entrepreneur, co-founder of Databricks and Apache Spark; co-founder of Perplexity AI.

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ San Francisco · 1 offices
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2022 · Series E-5 / Series F
2022founded
201–500 (ZoomInfo, 2025); Tracxn estimates: ~1472 (March 2026, including contractors)employees
$1.8Btotal funding
Series E-5 / Series Flatest round
growthdevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
activestatus
$1.8B
total funding
9 · 2022–2025
SeedSeptember 2022Y CombinatorFirst funding round.
$3,1 mln
Series AMarch 2023NEA, IVP, DatabricksValuation ~$150M. Helped launch the Perplexity mobile app.
$26 mln
Series BJanuary 2024NVIDIA, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bezos ExpeditionsValuation ~$520M. Perplexity reached unicorn status.
$73 mln
Series B extension / Series CApril 2024Valuation exceeded $1 billion (unicorn status). Total funding prior to this round: ~$165 million.
$165 mln
Series CJune 2024SoftBank Vision Fund 2Wycena ~$3 mld.
$250 mln
Series DDecember 2024IVP, SoftBankWycena ~$9 mld.
$500 mln
Series EMay 2025AccelWycena ~$14 mld.
$500 mln
Series E extensionJuly 2025NVIDIA, SoftBank, NEA, IVPValuation ~$18B. Extension of the Series E round from May 2025.
$100 mln
Series E-5 / Series FSeptember 2025Valuation ~$20B. Total funding exceeded $1.5B according to PitchBook.
$200 mln
05 · Portfolio

Products & solutions

2 ai systems
06 · Relations

Organizational relations

6 strategic relations

Strategic relations

6
  • Funded by
    Jeff Bezos (Bezos Expeditions) – investor since Series B (January 2024).
    2024 →
  • Partnership
    Strategic partnership with SoftBank Corp. — SoftBank became the first authorized reseller of Perplexity Enterprise Pro in Japan (announced March 2025). SoftBank is also an investor.
    2025 →
  • Partnership
    Integration with Samsung TV (2025 Samsung TV models) – all new Samsung TV models include integrated Perplexity search along with a free 12-month Pro account.
    2025 →
  • Compute partner
    Three-year commitment with Microsoft Azure worth $750M to secure GPU capacity for Deep Research and Model Council features (January 2026).
    2026 →
  • Partnership
    Partnership with Wikimedia Enterprise – Perplexity pays for access to Wikipedia data for knowledge integration within the platform (announced January 2026).
    2026 →
  • Distribution partner
    Partnership with Deutsche Telekom — distribution of Perplexity to customers in Germany (announced 2024).
    2024 →
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

3 classification · 7 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagegrowth
  • Listed onNoprivate
08 · Related content

Articles

1 articles