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Perplexity AI
Sign in to savePerplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use large language models and incorporate real-time web search capabilities, providing responses based on current Internet content, citing sources used. Its real-time search engine is called Sonar and is based on Meta's Llama model. A free public version is available, while a paid Pro subscription offers access to more advanced language models and additional features.
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Key facts
- Trade name
- Perplexity
- Company type
- Privately held company
- Industry
- Artificial intelligence , search engine
- Founded
- August 2022 ; 3 years ago ( August 2022 )
- Founders
- Aravind Srinivas , Denis Yarats , Johnny Ho, Andy Konwinski
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Products
- Perplexity, Perplexity Pro, Perplexity Assistant, Perplexity Computer, Perplexity Comet
- Number of employees
- 52 (2024)
- Website
- perplexity .ai
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Encyclopedic overview
Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use large language models and incorporate real-time web search capabilities, providing responses based on current Internet content, citing sources used. Its real-time search engine is called Sonar and is based on Meta's Llama model. A free public version is available, while a paid Pro subscription offers access to more advanced language models and additional features.
Perplexity AI, Inc., was founded in August 2022 by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski. As of September 2025, the company was valued at US$20 billion.
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