Industry | Artificial intelligence |
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Genre | Search engine |
Founded | August 2022 |
Founder | Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Aravind Srinivas ( CEO) |
Number of employees | 55 [1] (2024) |
Website |
www |
Perplexity AI is an AI-chatbot-powered research and conversational search engine that answers queries using natural language predictive text. [2] [3] Launched in 2022, Perplexity generates answers using the sources from the web and cites links within the text response. [4] Perplexity works on a freemium model; the free product uses its Perplexity model based on OpenAI's GPT-3.5 model combined with the company's standalone large language model (LLM) that incorporates natural language processing (NLP) capabilities, while the paid version Perplexity Pro has access to GPT-4, Claude 3, Mistral Large, LLaMA and an Experimental Perplexity Model. [3] [4] [1] It has garnered about 10 million monthly users. [5]
Perplexity was founded in August 2022 by Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas. [6] Srinivas previously worked at OpenAI and now serves as Perplexity's CEO. [5]
Series | Date | Amount (million $) | Lead Investors |
---|---|---|---|
A | March 2023 | 25.6 [7] | New Enterprise Associates |
B | January 2024 | 73.6 [4] | Institutional Venture Partners |
B1 | April 2024 | 62.7 [1] | Daniel Gross (entrepreneur) |
As of 2024, Perplexity has raised $165 million in funding, valuing the company at over $1 billion. [1] Additional investors include Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Susan Wojcicki, Jeff Dean, Yann LeCun, Andrej Karpathy, Nat Friedman, Garry Tan and others. [5] [7] [1]
Perplexity's main product is its search engine, which relies on natural language processing. [5] It interprets the context of the user queries to provide a personalised search result. Perplexity summarises the search results and gives a text with inline citations. [5] It prioritises newer sources to avoid outdated information, and allows users to ask follow-up questions that are interpreted in the same context.
Perplexity uses a freemium model and provides basic search functionalities and all search modes for free. It offers a 'Focus' mode feature, which allows users to fine tune search and streamline sources. Offered focus modes include: [8]
Perplexity's paid variant, the "Pro" mode, asks the user clarifying questions to refine queries. It enables users to upload and analyse local files, including images, alongside generating images using AI. Additionally, it provides access to an API. [5] [9] Perplexity launched a new enterprise version of its product in April 2024. [1]
Industry | Artificial intelligence |
---|---|
Genre | Search engine |
Founded | August 2022 |
Founder | Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Aravind Srinivas ( CEO) |
Number of employees | 55 [1] (2024) |
Website |
www |
Perplexity AI is an AI-chatbot-powered research and conversational search engine that answers queries using natural language predictive text. [2] [3] Launched in 2022, Perplexity generates answers using the sources from the web and cites links within the text response. [4] Perplexity works on a freemium model; the free product uses its Perplexity model based on OpenAI's GPT-3.5 model combined with the company's standalone large language model (LLM) that incorporates natural language processing (NLP) capabilities, while the paid version Perplexity Pro has access to GPT-4, Claude 3, Mistral Large, LLaMA and an Experimental Perplexity Model. [3] [4] [1] It has garnered about 10 million monthly users. [5]
Perplexity was founded in August 2022 by Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas. [6] Srinivas previously worked at OpenAI and now serves as Perplexity's CEO. [5]
Series | Date | Amount (million $) | Lead Investors |
---|---|---|---|
A | March 2023 | 25.6 [7] | New Enterprise Associates |
B | January 2024 | 73.6 [4] | Institutional Venture Partners |
B1 | April 2024 | 62.7 [1] | Daniel Gross (entrepreneur) |
As of 2024, Perplexity has raised $165 million in funding, valuing the company at over $1 billion. [1] Additional investors include Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Susan Wojcicki, Jeff Dean, Yann LeCun, Andrej Karpathy, Nat Friedman, Garry Tan and others. [5] [7] [1]
Perplexity's main product is its search engine, which relies on natural language processing. [5] It interprets the context of the user queries to provide a personalised search result. Perplexity summarises the search results and gives a text with inline citations. [5] It prioritises newer sources to avoid outdated information, and allows users to ask follow-up questions that are interpreted in the same context.
Perplexity uses a freemium model and provides basic search functionalities and all search modes for free. It offers a 'Focus' mode feature, which allows users to fine tune search and streamline sources. Offered focus modes include: [8]
Perplexity's paid variant, the "Pro" mode, asks the user clarifying questions to refine queries. It enables users to upload and analyse local files, including images, alongside generating images using AI. Additionally, it provides access to an API. [5] [9] Perplexity launched a new enterprise version of its product in April 2024. [1]