companies / perplexity-ai
Generated UTC · publication cutoff 2026-11-09
Insufficient cited evidence for a two-sentence summary.
Perplexity AI was listed in New Enterprise Associates's portfolio, recorded 2026-09-27.
Perplexity AI was listed in IVP's portfolio, recorded 2026-09-30.
verified=2026-06-12 json
| total_raised | 1,720,000,0001.7B | ○ |
|---|---|---|
| founded | 2022 | |
| hq | San Francisco, USA | |
| industry | unknown | |
| stage | series-b+ |
Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that responds to natural-language questions with cited summaries drawn from real-time web sources, plus follow-up suggestions. It serves consumers, researchers, and professionals looking for direct answers instead of a list of links. The product distinguishes itself by combining retrieval-augmented generation with inline citations and a Pro tier that runs queries against multiple frontier models including GPT, Claude, and Sonar.
No cited completed company acquisition recorded.
Dated disclosures. Customer relationships and classifications are historical; ARR is separate from revenue.
No cited disclosure recorded: named customer, disclosed revenue, ARR, count, B2B / B2C, sector, go-to-market.
No cited valuation with an explicit basis is recorded.
Historical post-money / actual annual or stated TTM revenue. Same currency; economic valuation date within 90 days of revenue period end, inclusive. No FX, ARR, annualized revenue, estimates or projections. Conflicts and ambiguous ties are withheld.
No qualifying pair recorded.
| date | type | amount | lead | src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-01 | series-d+ | 63,000,00063.0M | null | ○ |
| investor | src |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | ○ |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | ○ |
| New Enterprise Associates | ○ |
| IVP | ○ |
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| fact | status | src |
|---|---|---|
| Series D+, $63.0M | attributed | ○ |
| Investor IVP | sourced | WEB |
| Investor New Enterprise Associates | sourced | WEB |
| existence | self-reported | WEB |
| description | self-reported | WEB |
| date | fact | change | src |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30provenance_investor_ivp: unknown → sourced, WEB 2026-09-30 | provenance_investor_ivp | unknown → sourced | WEB 2026-09-30 |
| 2026-09-27latest_round: series-d+, $63.0M, 2024-04-01, lead: a16z → series-d+, $63.0M, 2024-04-01, lead: null, ○ 2026-06-12 | latest_round | series-d+, $63.0M, 2024-04-01, lead: a16z → series-d+, $63.0M, 2024-04-01, lead: null | ○ 2026-06-12 |
| 2026-09-27provenance_investor_nea: unknown → sourced, WEB 2026-09-27 | provenance_investor_nea | unknown → sourced | WEB 2026-09-27 |
Records begin 2026-09-24. all_changes