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Perplexity
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At a glance
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Sector
- AI
- Power Law
- Decacorn$10B+ valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Research & analysis
News
Crusoe raises $3.9B to build truck-ready data centers for AI
Sep 17, 2026
News
Nvidia in talks to back Perplexity at $30B
Aug 24, 2026
Market map
US Novel AI Startups
Jun 25, 2026
News
Aegis Capital brokers $15M secondary sale of Perplexity AI shares
May 29, 2026
Market map
Generative AI startups
Market map
AI x productivity tools
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Perplexity.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed9 investors entered at this stage
Series A9 investors entered at this stage
Series B and later9 investors entered at this stage
Ownership
Estimated cap table from Dealroom's shareholder data — share of equity by holder. Stakes as last recorded by Dealroom (2026). Percentages are indicative.
Some investors are hidden on this public profile. See the full cap table on Dealroom →
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
6 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Perplexity was the backer or acquirer, 2023–2025. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
5 deals across Perplexity's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Perplexity's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Perplexity on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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