Perplexity raises $74M

Perplexity: Runs an AI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources.

Round

Undisclosed

Amount

$74M

Announced

Jan 4, 2024

Valuation

$520M

Lead investors

IVP

Also investing

NEA, Databricks Ventures, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, Elad Gil, Tobi Lutke, Nat Friedman, Guillermo Rauch

Headquarters

San Francisco, United States

Source

More: Perplexity funding history · rounds in January 2024 · rounds in United States

Other Perplexity rounds

1. Perplexity raises $200M, Sep 10, 2025. AI apps. Runs an AI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources.
2. Perplexity raises $100M Growth, Jul 1, 2025. AI apps. Perplexity runs an AI answer engine that searches the web and returns cited answers.
3. Perplexity raises $500M Growth, May 1, 2025. AI apps. Led by Accel. Perplexity runs an AI answer engine that searches the web and returns cited answers.
4. Perplexity raises $500M Growth, Dec 19, 2024. AI apps. Led by Institutional Venture Partners. Perplexity runs an AI answer engine that searches the web and returns cited answers.
5. Perplexity raises $63M, Apr 23, 2024. AI apps. Led by Daniel Gross. Perplexity runs an AI answer engine that searches the web and returns cited answers.