Perplexity AI: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
The AI-based search engine, Perplexity AI, utilizes chat-based conversations to provide replies to queries through language models.
Perplexity AI has raised $299M across 4 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $200M announced in Sep 2025.
That round is above the $5.8M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Perplexity AI Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Sep 2025.
Perplexity AI Funding Rounds
1 of 4 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.
Perplexity AI raised $25.6M in a Series A announced in Mar 2023.
7 months later, a Pre-Seed was announced in Oct 2023 with no disclosed amount.
3 months later, a Series B of $73.6M was announced in Jan 2024.
1.7 years later, an undisclosed round of $200M was announced in Sep 2025.
Perplexity AI Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Perplexity AI team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.
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Perplexity AI's latest round of $200M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Perplexity AI Funding FAQs
What does Perplexity AI do?
The AI-based search engine, Perplexity AI, utilizes chat-based conversations to provide replies to queries through language models.
How much funding has Perplexity AI raised?
Perplexity AI has raised $299M across 4 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $200M announced in Sep 2025.
When did Perplexity AI last raise funding?
Perplexity AI's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $200M, announced in Sep 2025.
Who founded Perplexity AI?
FundedIQ lists Denis Yarats (Founder) at Perplexity AI.
Who is the CEO of Perplexity AI?
Aravind Srinivas is listed as CEO at Perplexity AI.
Where is Perplexity AI headquartered?
Perplexity AI is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
How many employees does Perplexity AI have?
Perplexity AI is in the 1-10 employee band.
How does Perplexity AI's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Perplexity AI's latest round of $200M is above the $5.8M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,234 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Perplexity AI Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Perplexity AI is left off this page rather than filled in.
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