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Ai-Powered Search Engine Perplexity Ai Lands $26M, Launches Ios App

PRIVATEApr 04, 2023

Amount Raised

$26 Million

Round Type

Funding Round

DelawareArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningNatural Language Processing

Investors

Meta Chief Scientist Yann Le CunFormer Git Hub Ceo Nat FriedmanDatabricks VenturesNew Enterprise Associates

Description

A search startup raised $26 million recently to offer an AI-powered rival to Google.

Quick answer

Perplexity raised $26 Million in a Funding Round round, dated April 4, 2023. Investors: Meta Chief Scientist Yann Le Cun, Former Git Hub Ceo Nat Friedman, Databricks Ventures and New Enterprise Associates. Perplexity is based in Delaware, United States.

How much did Perplexity raise?
Perplexity raised $26 Million in a Funding Round round on April 4, 2023.
Who invested in Perplexity?
Meta Chief Scientist Yann Le Cun, Former Git Hub Ceo Nat Friedman, Databricks Ventures and New Enterprise Associates are named as investors in this round.
What does Perplexity do?
Perplexity is an AI search engine startup that offers a generative AI-based search engine with a chatbot-style interface.
Where is Perplexity based and how big is it?
Perplexity is based in Delaware, United States. Fundz records about 201 employees.
Who are the decision-makers at Perplexity?
Fundz holds 5 contacts at Perplexity, including the Head of Advertising and Shopping. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

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Who else raised in Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Perplexity that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Seek AI raised $3M (Seed) on May 19, 2023.
  • SapientAI raised $5M (Funding Round) on May 16, 2023.
  • Seekr raised $4.3M (Seed) on May 11, 2023.
  • Cranium Al raised $4.7M (Seed) on May 10, 2023.
  • GPTZero raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on May 10, 2023.
  • Osavul raised $1M (Seed) on May 4, 2023.

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Company Information

Company

Perplexity

Location

Delaware, United States

About

Perplexity is an AI search engine startup that offers a generative AI-based search engine with a chatbot-style interface. It aims to provide accurate and richer responses by incorporating a variety of language models (LLMs) including OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude Opus, Mistral, and more.

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