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== History ==
== History ==
Perplexity was founded in August 2022 by [[Andy Konwinski]], Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas. Srinivas previously worked at [[OpenAI]] and now serves as Perplexity's CEO.<ref name="wiggers">{{Cite web |last=Wiggers |first=Kyle |date=2024-01-04 |title=AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $73.6M |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-now-valued-at-520m-raises-70m/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref>
Perplexity was founded in August 2022 by [[Andy Konwinski]], Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas.<ref>https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-search-startup-perplexity-is-challenging-google-while-using-its-data</ref> Srinivas previously worked at [[OpenAI]] and now serves as Perplexity's CEO.<ref name="wiggers">{{Cite web |last=Wiggers |first=Kyle |date=2024-01-04 |title=AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $73.6M |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-now-valued-at-520m-raises-70m/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref>


As of 2024, Perplexity has raised $100 million in funding, valuing the company at $520 million.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Perplexity AI raises $73.6M in funding round led by Nvidia, Bezos, now valued at $522M |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/entrepreneurship/start-up/story/perplexity-ai-raises-736m-in-funding-round-led-by-nvidia-bezos-now-valued-at-522m-412130-2024-01-06 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="garfinkle">{{cite web|last=Garfinkle|first=Allie|title=Perplexity AI’s challenge to Google hinges on something simple but tough—being the best|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/perplexity-ai-challenge-google-hinges-124622631.html|date=2024-01-11|access-date=2024-01-17|website=[[Yahoo! Finance]]|language=en}}</ref> Additional investors include [[Nvidia]], [[Databricks]], Bessemer Venture Partners, [[Susan Wojcicki]], [[Jeff Dean]], [[Yann LeCun]], [[Andrej Karpathy]] and others.<ref name="wiggers" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=מן |first=יובל |date=2024-01-07 |title=בעזרת בזוס: הסטארט-אפ הקטן שקורא תיגר על אימפריית החיפוש של גוגל |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/digital/technology/article/ryyea8e00p |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref><ref name="garfinkle"/> It has garnered about 10 million monthly users.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quach |first=Katyanna |title=AI search engine startup Perplexity raises $73.6M in funding |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/05/perprexity_ai_search_engine/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref>
As of 2024, Perplexity has raised $100 million in funding, valuing the company at $520 million.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Perplexity AI raises $73.6M in funding round led by Nvidia, Bezos, now valued at $522M |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/entrepreneurship/start-up/story/perplexity-ai-raises-736m-in-funding-round-led-by-nvidia-bezos-now-valued-at-522m-412130-2024-01-06 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="garfinkle">{{cite web|last=Garfinkle|first=Allie|title=Perplexity AI’s challenge to Google hinges on something simple but tough—being the best|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/perplexity-ai-challenge-google-hinges-124622631.html|date=2024-01-11|access-date=2024-01-17|website=[[Yahoo! Finance]]|language=en}}</ref> Additional investors include [[Nvidia]], [[Databricks]], Bessemer Venture Partners, [[Susan Wojcicki]], [[Jeff Dean]], [[Yann LeCun]], [[Andrej Karpathy]] and others.<ref name="wiggers" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=מן |first=יובל |date=2024-01-07 |title=בעזרת בזוס: הסטארט-אפ הקטן שקורא תיגר על אימפריית החיפוש של גוגל |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/digital/technology/article/ryyea8e00p |access-date=2024-01-09 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref><ref name="garfinkle"/> It has garnered about 10 million monthly users.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quach |first=Katyanna |title=AI search engine startup Perplexity raises $73.6M in funding |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/05/perprexity_ai_search_engine/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 22:13, 19 March 2024

Perplexity
Industryartificial intelligence
GenreSearch engine
FoundedAugust 2022
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
USA
Key people
Aravind Srinivas (CEO)
Number of employees
~40[1] (2024)
Website

Perplexity AI is a conversational search engine marketed as an "answer engine" that answers queries using natural language predictive text.[2][3] Launched in 2022, Perplexity generates answers using the sources from the web and cites links within the text response.[4] Perplexity works on freemium model, the free product uses its Perplexity model based on OpenAI's GPT-3.5 model combined with the company's standalone Large language model (LLM) that incorporates natural language processing (NLP) capabilities, while the paid version Perplexity Pro has access to GPT-4, Claude 3, Mistral Large, and an Experimental Perplexity Model.[5][6][3][7]

History

Perplexity was founded in August 2022 by Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas.[8] Srinivas previously worked at OpenAI and now serves as Perplexity's CEO.[9]

As of 2024, Perplexity has raised $100 million in funding, valuing the company at $520 million.[3][10][11] Additional investors include Nvidia, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Susan Wojcicki, Jeff Dean, Yann LeCun, Andrej Karpathy and others.[9][12][11] It has garnered about 10 million monthly users.[13]

Functionality

The main product of the Perplexity AI is its search engine, which relies on natural language processing.[9] It interprets the context of the user queries in order to provide more personalized search results. Perplexity summarizes the search results and gives a text with inline citations.[9] It prioritizes newer sources to avoid outdated information. The user can ask follow-up questions and Perplexity will interpret them in the context of the user's previous queries.[14][9]

Perplexity provides different modes of searching. The "Pro" mode asks the user clarifying questions to refine queries. The "Focus" mode sets a topic for queries. The "Writing" mode generates results without doing the web search.[9]

The user can upload a file for analysis.[9]

References

  1. ^ Kruppa, Miles | Photographs by Carolyn Fong for The Wall Street Journal (2024-01-04). "WSJ News Exclusive | Jeff Bezos Bets on a Google Challenger Using AI to Try to Upend Internet Search". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  2. ^ "What is Perplexity?". blog.perplexity.ai. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  3. ^ a b c "TNB Tech Minute: Startup Perplexity Challenges Google With AI Search - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  4. ^ "कभी किया था गूगल के साथ काम , फिर खड़ी की 4300 करोड़ की कंपनी, जाने इसके पीछे की पूरी कहानी". samacharnama.com (in Hindi). 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  5. ^ "What model does Perplexity use and what is the Perplexity model?". blog.perplexity.ai. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  6. ^ Perplexity AI aims to rival Google, retrieved 2024-01-08
  7. ^ Singh, Shubham (2024-01-06). "Perplexity AI raises $73.6M in funding round led by Nvidia, Bezos, now valued at $522M". Business Today. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  8. ^ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-search-startup-perplexity-is-challenging-google-while-using-its-data
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Wiggers, Kyle (2024-01-04). "AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $73.6M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  10. ^ "Perplexity AI raises $73.6M in funding round led by Nvidia, Bezos, now valued at $522M". Business Today. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  11. ^ a b Garfinkle, Allie (2024-01-11). "Perplexity AI's challenge to Google hinges on something simple but tough—being the best". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  12. ^ מן, יובל (2024-01-07). "בעזרת בזוס: הסטארט-אפ הקטן שקורא תיגר על אימפריית החיפוש של גוגל". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  13. ^ Quach, Katyanna. "AI search engine startup Perplexity raises $73.6M in funding". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference cuofano was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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