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Perplexity AI, Inc.<\/strong>, or simply Perplexity<\/strong>, is an American privately held<\/a> software company offering a web search engine<\/a> that processes<\/a> user queries and synthesizes responses.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Perplexity products use large language models<\/a> and include web search capabilities which provide responses based on current Internet content, citing sources used.[4]<\/a><\/sup> A free public version is available, while a paid Pro subscription offers access to more advanced language models and additional features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perplexity AI, Inc., was founded in 22 August 2022[5]<\/a><\/sup> by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats<\/a>, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski<\/a>. As of September 2025, the company was valued at US$20 billion.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perplexity AI has faced legal scrutiny over allegations of copyright infringement<\/a>, unauthorized use of content, and trademark issues from several major media organizations, including the BBC<\/a>, Dow Jones<\/a>, and The New York Times<\/a><\/em>.[7]<\/a><\/sup>[8]<\/a><\/sup> According to separate analyses by Wired<\/a><\/em> and, later, Cloudflare<\/a>, Perplexity uses undisclosed web crawlers<\/a> with spoofed<\/a> user-agent strings<\/a> to scrape<\/a> the content of websites that prohibit or explicitly block web scraping.[9]<\/a><\/sup>[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In August 2022, Perplexity AI, Inc., was founded by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats<\/a>, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski<\/a>, engineers with backgrounds in back-end systems, artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI), and machine learning<\/a>.[11]<\/a><\/sup> It launched its main search engine on December 7, 2022, and has since released a Google Chrome<\/a> extension and apps<\/a> for iOS<\/a> and Android<\/a>.[4]<\/a><\/sup>[12]<\/a><\/sup> In February 2023, Perplexity reported two million unique visitors.[4]<\/a><\/sup> By April 2024, Perplexity has raised $165 million in funding<\/a>, which values the company at over $1 billion.[13]<\/a><\/sup> As of June 2025, Perplexity closed a $500 million funding round, elevating its valuation to $14 billion.[14]<\/a><\/sup> Investors in Perplexity AI have included Jeff Bezos<\/a>, Tobias L\u00fctke<\/a>, Nat Friedman<\/a>, Nvidia<\/a>, and Databricks<\/a>.[15]<\/a><\/sup>[16]<\/a><\/sup>[13]<\/a><\/sup> Additionally, Perplexity has received funding from 1789 Capital<\/a>, a venture capital<\/a> firm notable for its association with Donald Trump Jr.<\/a>[17]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2024, Perplexity announced the launch of a new publishers’ program to share advertising revenue<\/a> with partners.[18]<\/a><\/sup> On January 18, 2025, the day before the impending U.S. ban<\/a> on the social media app TikTok<\/a>, Perplexity submitted a proposal for a merger with TikTok US.[19]<\/a><\/sup>[20]<\/a><\/sup>[21]<\/a><\/sup>[22]<\/a><\/sup> On August 12, 2025, Perplexity made a bid to purchase Chrome<\/a> from Google for $34.5 billion.[23]<\/a><\/sup> Perplexity stated that the sale could remedy antitrust litigation against Google, in which a judge was considering compelling the sale of Chrome.[24]<\/a><\/sup> In December 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> took a undisclosed stake in Perplexity AI and entered a global brand partnership with the company.[25]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of early 2026, Perplexity AI reached a valuation of $21.21 billion following its Series E-6 funding round. In January 2026, the company signed a three-year, $750 million agreement with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud and its Foundry service, giving Perplexity access to models from OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI. Amazon Web Services<\/a> remained its main cloud provider.[26]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2026, Perplexity transitioned to a subscription-first model by discontinuing its AI-integrated advertising strategy.[27]<\/a><\/sup> Leadership stated this move was intended to preserve user trust in the “answer engine,” prioritizing objective results over ad revenue.[27]<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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