Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation
Perplexity, the AI-driven search that competes with Google by giving conversations on user questions, has protected $ 200 million in new capital with a rating of $ 20 billion, The reported information. The new financing only comes two months after the company collected $ 100 million in a rating of $ 18 billion, according to a report in July in Bloomberg.
Since its foundation three years ago, according to PitchBook, the fast -growing AI company has collected $ 1.5 billion in total financing. It is unclear who led the latest capital injection of Pertlexity. Bloomberg reported that the financing of July was an extension of an earlier round of $ 500 million that was completed earlier this year with a rating of $ 14 billion and led by Accel.
According to a source that is familiar with the company, the annual recurring income of Pertlexity (ARR) $ 200 million is approaching. Last month the head of Pertlexity’s communication told Business Insider that the Arr of the company was More than $ 150 million.
PerTlexity did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The financing comes when Perplexity positions itself as a challenger for the search dominance of Google. In August, Pertlexity offered to buy the Chrome browser from Google for $ 34.5 billion. The offer came after the Ministry of Justice, claiming that Google acted competitively, suggested that the company sells its web browser. Earlier this month, however, a federal court ruled that Google does not have to break its search activities, so that the search giant Chrome can keep it effective.
