Perplexity - About the company
Perplexity is a series E company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2022 by Denis Yarats, Andy Konwinski, Aravind Srinivas and Johnny Ho. It operates as an AI-powered search and answer generation. Perplexity has raised $1.72B in funding from investors like IVP, Accel and New Enterprise Associates, with a current valuation of $22.6B. The company has 43 active competitors, including 14 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like Genspark, AI Hay and ChatGPT.
Sectors and market segments that Perplexity operate in
Perplexity serves in the High Tech, Native AI market segments.The primary business model of Perplexity are:Company Details
AI-powered search and answer generation. It enables users to ask complex questions and receive concise, well-sourced answers synthesized from multiple web sources. The platform combines natural language understanding with real-time web data to provide accurate, context-aware responses.
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- www.perplexity.ai/
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- Email ID
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2022
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series E
Total Funding
$1.72B in 11 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$22.6B as on Jan 09, 2026
Ranked
1st among 43 active competitors
Employee Count
1,417 as on May 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Perplexity
Perplexity is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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Perplexity AI, Inc. CIN: 6909743 , United States, Active | Aug 03, 2022 | - | - | - |
Perplexity AI, Inc. CIN: 1972171 , United States, Active | Jan 01, 2022 | - | - | - |
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Perplexity's funding and investors
Perplexity has raised a total funding of $1.72B over 11 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 2022. Its latest funding round was a Angel round on Dec 05, 2025 for an undisclosed amount. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Perplexity has 33 institutional investors and 29 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Perplexity:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Dec 05, 2025 | Undisclosed | Angel | $22.6B | - | - | |
Sep 10, 2025 | $200M | Series E | $20B | - | - | - |
Jul 18, 2025 | $100M | Series E | - | - | - |
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Perplexity's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Perplexity are Denis Yarats, Andy Konwinski, Aravind Srinivas and Johnny Ho. Aravind Srinivas is the CEO of Perplexity.
Here are the details of Perplexity's key team members:
- Denis Yarats: Co-Founder & CTO of Perplexity. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Andy Konwinski: Co-Founder of Perplexity and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.Contact Info: 2 email addresses
- Aravind Srinivas: Co-Founder & CEO & President of Perplexity. They are also an angel investor in 11 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Johnny Ho: Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Perplexity. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
Perplexity's Board of Directors
Perplexity's board has 6 active members. Denis Yarats, Andy Konwinski, Johnny Ho, Pieter Abbeel, Aravind Srinivas and Peter Sonsini are part of team.Here is the list of Perplexity's board of directors:
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Perplexity's employee count trend
Perplexity has 1,417 employees as of May 26. Here is Perplexity's employee count trend over the years:
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Perplexity's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Perplexity include Genspark, AI Hay and ChatGPT. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Perplexity, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Perplexity 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series E | AI-powered search and answer generation | $1.72B | 85/100 | |
2nd | Genspark 2023, Palo Alto (United States), Series B | Provider of AI-powered productivity and workspace solutions | $645M | 74/100 | |
3rd | An AI-driven knowledge discovery platform leveraging proprietary generative answer technology to provide real-time accurate information in various subjects | $18.1M | 67/100 | ||
4th | ChatGPT 2022, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded | Generative AI based chatbot | - | - | 59/100 |
5th |  Grok 2023, United States, Unfunded | AI-powered assistant for generating answers and creating documents | - | - | 58/100 |
6th |  ProRata.ai 2024, Pasadena (United States), Series B | Technology company that develops attribution solutions for generative artificial intelligence platforms | $75M | 57/100 | |
7th |  Consensus 2020, Boston (United States), Series C | Provider of an AI-enabled search tool for research purposes | $48.9M | 57/100 | |
8th |  Claude 2021, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded | AI assistant offering conversations through language modeling | - | - | 51/100 |
9th |  Felo Series A | Developer of an AI search engine with research and mind-mapping | $10.2M | 48/100 | |
10th |  MeiliSearch 2018, Paris (France), Series A | Provider of open-source software for web search | $20M | 41/100 |
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Perplexity's Investments and acquisitions
Perplexity has made 3 investments in companies including Floqer and Aegis AI. Perplexity has also acquired 6 companies including Visual Electric and Invisible.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jun 23, 2026 | Investments | 2024 | Halifax (Canada) | |
Nov 11, 2025 | Investments | San Francisco (United States) | ||
Nov 10, 2025 | Investments | 2021 | San Francisco (United States) |
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Reports related to Perplexity
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News related to Perplexity
Filter this listMedia has covered Perplexity for a total of 300 events in the last 1 year, 161 of them have been about company updates and 60 about partnerships.
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What exactly is the world model at the forefront?TMTpost•Jun 30, 2026•Nvidia, A16Z, AMD, World Labs and 1 other
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Docusign & Perplexity AI Enhance Enterprise Contract WorkflowsPR Newswire•Jun 25, 2026•DocuSign, Perplexity
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Perplexity Tests the Real Finance AI Question: Can the Agent Show Its Work?VisualGest•Jun 24, 2026•Perplexity, Tech Mahindra
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Perplexity AI Business Model Explained: Aravind Srinivas' AI StrategyBusiness Outreach•Jun 10, 2026•Perplexity
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CNN sues Perplexity, alleging unlawful distribution of copyrighted contentAl Jazeera Media Network•May 28, 2026•Perplexity, CNN
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Perplexity's Comet AI Browser for iOS Receives Major Update with Eight Key ImprovementsNewMobileLife•May 21, 2026•Perplexity
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