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    Perplexity

    Perplexity AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence company that runs an AI answer engine. It was founded on 22 August 2022. In July 2025, it launched Comet, an AI browser based on Chromium.

    perplexity.ai
    Co-founder and CEO
    Aravind Srinivas
    Founders
    Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, Andy Konwinski
    Founded
    2022

    Leadership

    Aravind Srinivas, Co-founder and CEO. Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI.

    Who it reaches

    Users of its answer engine, its Comet browser, and its Perplexity Computer agent.

    Key facts

    Founded
    22 August 2022source
    Search engine launch
    December 7, 2022source
    Valuation
    $21.21 billion as of early 2026, following its Series E-6 funding roundsource
    Microsoft agreement
    three-year, $750 million agreement signed in January 2026source
    Comet browser
    launched in July 2025source

    WYDE coverage of Perplexity

    WYDE Newsroom has published 3 articles about Perplexity, from Sep 10, 2026 to Sep 12, 2026. Perplexity is the subject of 3 stories. The most recent is Revolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals..

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    Revolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals.

    Revolut and Block clear OCC bank paths, Wyoming puts its stablecoin reserves onchain, AI checks proofs of Fermat and Navier-Stokes, the CLARITY Act hits the Senate, and creators can now get paid to end hunger.

    Sep 12, 2026 · 5 min read · Subject of the story

    AI

    Nvidia Is in Talks to Back Perplexity at More Than a $30 Billion Valuation

    The Information reported the discussions on Sunday. A round at that price would put the AI search company more than 50 percent above its roughly $20 billion valuation last year, as annualized revenue climbed past $750 million from under $250 million in January.

    Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    AI

    Ninth Circuit Overturns Amazon's Block on Perplexity's AI Shopping Agent, Ruling Users Do the Accessing

    A three-judge panel vacated the injunction that kept Perplexity's Comet assistant off Amazon, finding the user, not the AI company, accesses Amazon's servers under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

    Sep 10, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

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