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Perplexity

Application

AI search engine providing real-time answers with citations.

Total funding$2.3B

Valuation$20.4B

Employees380

Founded2022

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Products

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Perplexity Application Sold on its own

  Search engine that answers questions in prose with numbered citations to the pages it drew on.

• Comet AI agent Sold on its own

  Web browser with Perplexity's assistant built in, able to read and act on the pages the user has open.

• Agent API Model API Sold on its own

  Model-agnostic API for search and agentic workflows — orchestrates across supported frontier models with built-in web search, URL fetching and reasoning controls; billed per request and per token.

Inside Perplexity Pro or Max

• Perplexity Computer AI agent Included with the parent

  A general-purpose agentic 'digital worker' that orchestrates Perplexity's frontier-model lineup across tasks and tools to research, build, test, deploy and connect to 400+ apps, continuing work after the user steps away.

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XxAIAcquired ($230B deal)Both consumer assistants measured in the same market, each under 5% share; the survey sizes the tail without separating the two.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorUse an everyday AI assistantCompareOOpenAIPrivate · $852BBoth consumer assistants in one measured market; ChatGPT holds 46.4% while Perplexity sits under 5% — the leader against a challenger in the measured tail.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorUse an everyday AI assistantCompareAAnthropicPrivate · $965BBoth consumer assistants in one measured market; Claude holds 10.3% while Perplexity sits under 5% — third place against a challenger in the tail.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorUse an everyday AI assistantCompareMPMeta PlatformsPublic · $1.5TBoth consumer assistants measured in the same market, each under 5% share; rivals in the tail behind ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorUse an everyday AI assistantCompareAAlphabet (Google)Public · $4.2TBoth consumer assistants in one measured market; Gemini holds 27.7% while Perplexity sits under 5% — number two against a challenger in the tail.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorUse an everyday AI assistantCompareDDeepSeekPrivate · $50BBoth consumer assistants measured in the same market, each under 5% share; the survey sizes the tail without separating the two.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandSourced competitorUse an everyday AI assistantCompare

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MMicrosoftPublic · $3.7TPerplexity and Microsoft Copilot do comparable work on search answers and summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content and use an everyday AI assistant; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareGGlean (Glean Technologies)Private · $7.2BPerplexity and Glean Assistant do comparable work on search answers and summarization; both also serve buyers who need to use an everyday AI assistant; smaller scale (private).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareKKakaoPublic · $16BPerplexity and Kanana in KakaoTalk do comparable work on search answers and summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; similar scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHyperWritePrivatePerplexity and HyperWrite do comparable work on search answers; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; HyperWrite's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareYYou.comPrivate · $1.5BAgent API and You.com ARI do comparable work on search answers; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; smaller scale (private); ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerSmaller scaleCompareSSuperhumanPrivatePerplexity and Grammarly do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; Superhuman's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNaverPublic · $22.5BPerplexity and Place Agent do comparable work on search answers; similar scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDropboxPublic · $7.8BPerplexity and Dropbox Dash do comparable work on search answers and summarization; smaller scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleComparePProfoundPrivateComet and Profound AI Marketer do comparable work on search answers; Profound's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareZZoomPublic · $28.7BPerplexity and Zoom Paper do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; similar scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTBThe Browser CompanyPrivatePerplexity and Arc Max do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; The Browser Company's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMManusPrivateComet and Manus do comparable work on search answers; smaller scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCluelyPrivate · $15M raisedPerplexity and Cluely do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; similar scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareOOpenEvidencePrivate · $12.2BPerplexity and OpenEvidence do comparable work on search answers; same layer and the same scale band (late-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareDDocusignPublic · $12.7BPerplexity and Docusign AI-Assisted Review do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; similar scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAdobePublic · $115.9BOverlaps on agent orchestration, search answers, summarization and 1 more; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareZZ.ai (Zhipu AI)Public · $58.6BPerplexity and AMiner do comparable work on search answers and summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareZZendeskPrivate · $10.2BPerplexity and Zendesk Copilot do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; same layer and the same scale band (late-stage private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareGGensparkPrivate · $645M raisedComet and Genspark do comparable work on search answers; similar scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMoonshot AIPrivate · $35BOverlaps on agent orchestration, search answers and summarization; same layer and the same scale band (late-stage private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareMMoveworksAcquiredPerplexity and Moveworks Brief Me do comparable work on summarization; Moveworks is acquired, with no independent scale.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSlackPrivatePerplexity and Slackbot do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to use an everyday AI assistant; Slack's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSemrushAcquired ($1.9B deal)Perplexity and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit do comparable work on search answers; Semrush is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareYYandexPublicPerplexity and Alice AI do comparable work on search answers; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; Yandex's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFFreshworksPublic · $3.4BPerplexity and Freddy AI Copilot do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; smaller scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareCCanvaPrivate · $42BPerplexity and Magic Write do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; same layer and the same scale band (late-stage private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareAAmazonPublic · $2.8TPerplexity and Alexa+ both serve buyers who need to use an everyday AI assistant; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAApplePublic · $4.6TPerplexity and Apple Intelligence do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareIMInsilico MedicinePublic · $4.3BPerplexity and Science42: DORA do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; smaller scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareIInception42PrivatePerplexity and Insight do comparable work on summarization; Inception42's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCConsensusPrivate · $45M raisedPerplexity and Consensus do comparable work on summarization; similar scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCrestaPrivate · $1.6BPerplexity and Cresta Agent Assist do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareNNiCEPublic · $6.5BPerplexity and Copilot for Leaders do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareLLinagoraPrivatePerplexity and LinTO do comparable work on summarization; Linagora's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHCH CompanyPrivate · $220M raisedOverlaps on agent orchestration and workflow automation; similar scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMistral AIPrivate · $13.8BPerplexity and Mistral Vibe do comparable work on search answers and summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; same layer and the same scale band (late-stage private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareGGranolaPrivate · $1.5BPerplexity and Granola Chat do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareWFWispr FlowPrivate · $2BPerplexity and Wispr Flow Notetaker do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareDDXPrivatePerplexity and DX AI do comparable work on summarization; DX's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRingCentralPublic · $2.3BPerplexity and AI Conversation Expert (ACE) do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareFFathomAcquiredPerplexity and Fathom do comparable work on summarization; Fathom is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTencentPublic · $510.1BPerplexity and Tencent Yuanbao do comparable work on search answers and summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareKKrispPrivatePerplexity and Krisp do comparable work on summarization; Krisp's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAbridgePrivate · $5.3BPerplexity and Abridge do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareAHAmbience HealthcarePrivate · $1.3BPerplexity and Ambience do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareSSmartsheetPrivate · $8.4BPerplexity and Smartsheet AI do comparable work on summarization; smaller scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareALAI21 LabsPrivate · $1.4BAgent API and AI21 Studio do comparable work on search answers; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; smaller scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareBByteDancePrivatePerplexity and Doubao (豆包) both serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content and use an everyday AI assistant; 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smaller scale (private).Shared product typeSmaller scaleCompareRRunwayPrivate · $5.3BAgent API and Runway API both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; smaller scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareUUnbabelAcquired ($91.2M deal)Agent API and Widn.ai both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Unbabel is acquired, with no independent scale.Shared product typeCompareBBaiduPublic · $31.6BPerplexity and Baidu Wenxin Assistant do comparable work on summarization; both also serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; similar scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMLMintplex LabsPrivatePerplexity and AnythingLLM both serve buyers who need to use an everyday AI assistant; Mintplex Labs's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareWWritesonicPrivatePerplexity and Writesonic both serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; Writesonic's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTypefacePrivatePerplexity and Typeface Arc Graph both serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; Typeface's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNCNAVER CloudPrivatePerplexity and CLOVA Chatbot both serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; NAVER Cloud's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCiscoPublic · $433.3BOverlaps on agent orchestration, summarization and workflow automation; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareDDuolingoPublic · $7.3BPerplexity and Duolingo Max both serve buyers who need to draft and edit written content; smaller scale (public).Shared product typeSmaller scaleCompareXXiao-iPublicAgent API and Hua Zang LLM Open Platform both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; smaller scale (public).Shared product typeCompareMmonday.comPublic · $3.9BOverlaps on agent orchestration and workflow automation; smaller scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompare

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Sources

Total funding

Third-party database · 27 Aug 2026

stockanalysis.com's own cumulative tally across its recorded funding rounds for this company, read 2026-08-27. The individual citation attached to this figure on the page is for the LATEST round only (the most recent round) and does not itself state the cumulative total — flagged and excluded rather than treated as verifying the sum.

Valuation

Third-party database · 26 Sep 2025

Invest and Sell Perplexity Stock, Forge Global. post-money valuation of the round dated 2025-09-26. Forge Global figures are derived from the company's certificate of incorporation — the post-money valuation of the named priced round, not a secondary-market implied price.. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Employees

News reporting · Apr 2026

Forbes company profile for Perplexity, "Employees" stated as of April 2026. Read 2026-08-27.

Founded

Wikipedia · 11 Sep 2026

Infobox: "Founded: August 2022."

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