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Perplexity Stock (PEAI)
Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine designed to provide accurate, real-time responses to user queries.
Perplexity AI is a technology company that develops an AI-driven chat and search tool.
About Perplexity Stock
Founded
2022
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, US
Total Funding
1.9B
Industries
Software, Data and Analytics, Science and Engineering
Perplexity AI is a technology company that develops an AI-driven chat and search tool. The platform utilizes large language models to facilitate natural language interactions, allowing users to obtain concise answers to their queries. It aggregates information from various web sources and presents it in a summarized format, often including citations for transparency and verification purposes​. The company aims to enhance user experience in information retrieval, distinguishing itself by allowing users to choose the sources from which the tool pulls information.
Perplexity Press Mentions
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Mozilla’s Firefox adds Perplexity’s AI answer engine as a new search option
TechCrunch • Oct 15, 2025
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morningstar • Oct 14, 2025
Wiley Launches Interoperable Platform to Power Scientific Discovery
marketscreener • Oct 14, 2025
Google to invest $15b in India, build largest AI hub outside US
tribune • Oct 14, 2025
Exclusive: The web is still mostly written by humans, study finds
axios • Oct 14, 2025
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Perplexity Management
Leadership team at Perplexity
Co-Founder & CTO
Denis Yarats
Co-Founder & CEO
Aravind Srinivas
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Perplexity Key Facts
- Accelerated Growth and Increased Valuation: Perplexity reported that it has experienced significant growth evidenced by their September 2025 funding round which increased its valuation to $20B. In addition, Perplexity stated that it has continued increasing it monthly usage in 2025 which may underscore Perplexity's position as one of the fastest-growing generative AI applications to emerge since ChatGPT.
- Diversification of Revenue Streams: Perplexity has diversified its revenue streams which have previously focused on consumer and enterprise subscriptions, expanding into advertising and commerce. This differentiates from OpenAI as Perplexity will focus on monetization through advertising, having signed deals with Time and Fortune among others. Perplexity believes this new revenue-sharing program can contribute to long-term revenue streams as well as strengthen partnerships with publishers.
- Strategic Partnerships and Technological Advancement: Perplexity has made strategic partnerships and investments, like that with Cerebras Systems. This partnership aims to deliver near-instantaneous AI-powered search results. Perplexity will seek to run its Sonar modal on Cerebras's specialized AI chips which run at 1,200 tokens per second. This partnership could help bring a competitive advantage to Perplexity through specialized hardware and establish the company as a serious contender in the enterprise search market.
- Intense Competition from Well-Resourced Rivals: The competitive environment for AI-driven search engines is intense and Perplexity faces competition from veterans of the industry that are better-resourced, including Google and Microsoft, and startups such as OpenAI and DeepSeek. Companies are racing to differentiate themselves through speed and accuracy and Perplexity might face challenges if it cannot match the speed of innovation from other companies or find a lucrative competitive advantage.
- Legal and Reputational Risks from Copyright Disputes: Perplexity has faced recent legal challenges including lawsuits filed from major media outlets, including the New York Times and News Corp alleging unauthorized use of content and theft of copyrighted material. Perplexity's main competitor, OpenAI has circumvented these challenges by making deals with publishers to use their content and announced a multi-year deal with News Corp. to give the company access to content from the conglomerate's media properties. If Perplexity continues to struggle with this alleged content theft, the company could face significant legal costs and reputational damage.
- Dependence on Third-Party Foundational Models: A significant part of Perplexity’s power comes from leveraging frontier models built by others, such as OpenAI and Anthropic. While Perplexity also develops its own models, its access to the most powerful LLMs is not exclusive. Any well-funded competitor can license the same models, effectively commoditizing the "intelligence" layer of the stack.
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