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Perplexity AI

Perplexity AI

Private
San Francisco, CaliforniaAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://www.perplexity.ai/

Last Round

Series E

Extention

Sep 12, 2025

Est. Valuation

$20B

Total Funding Raised

$1.9B

Momentum

Top 5%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Perplexity AI is an artificial intelligence company that provides a conversational search and answer engine platform designed to deliver direct, sourced responses to user queries.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

NLP & Conversational AI, ML Platforms, Workflow Automation, Medical Imaging

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Usage-Based SaaS, Freemium

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

ai search engineanswer engineai searchagentic aiai agentllmconversational aillm infrastructureai research toolai automationsearch apienterprise aiai browsertokenmaxxingai wrapper

Price History

Caplight MarketPrice™ estimate for Perplexity AI, published with a 90-day delay.

Delayed data

Caplight MarketPrice™

$57.28

per share, as of April 2026

-82.9%

1-year change

The most recent months of MarketPrice™ are available to Caplight clients.

Caplight MarketPrice™ is an estimate of private secondary market pricing, shown here on a delayed basis for illustrative purposes only. It may be incomplete, is subject to change, and may not be relied upon for any purpose or considered investment advice.

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Perplexity AI Comparables

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Perplexity AI comparables — related companies by embedding similarity
CompanySimilarityMarket Cap
You.com
85%
OpenAI
82%
Anthropic
76%

Perplexity AI Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series E ExtentionSep 12, 2025
Series E ExtensionJul 18, 2025
Series EMay 12, 2025
Series DDec 18, 2024
Growth EquityJun 27, 2024
Series C
Apr 23, 2024

Secondary Market Activity

Bids, offers, and trades by month

Data table
OperationDatePriceSizeShare ClassStructure
OFFER
TRADE
OFFER
OFFER
OFFER
OFFER

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Denis Yarats

Co-Founder CTO

Founding Team

Aravind Srinivas

Cofounder, President, CEO

Founding Team

Johnny Reynolds

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Jack Ma

Technical Deputy To The CTO, Member Of Technical Staff

Executive Team

Perplexity AI Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Perplexity AI investors
InvestorRounds
Mirae AssetSeries E Extention
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Series E, Series D, Series B, Series C, Series A
BroadLight CapitalSeries D
Factorial FundsSeries B
Laude VenturesSeries B
Bezos ExpeditionsSeries B
Kindred VenturesSeries B

Market signals

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Perplexity AI Filings

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Employee Range1,396
Year Founded2022
Last FundingSep 12, 2025

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