01 · About
What does Perplexity do?
Perplexity is a San Francisco start-up that runs an AI-powered search engine, answering questions in full sentences with links to its sources. Aravind Srinivas co-founded it in August 2022 with Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats and Johnny Ho, and is its chief executive 1.
How much is Perplexity worth?
Forbes says Perplexity reached a valuation of $20 billion in 2025. Its backers include Jeff Bezos, Meta’s AI chief scientist Yann LeCun and Google’s Jeff Dean 1.
How does it make money?
Through paid subscriptions that unlock more powerful AI models, business plans, and a revenue-sharing programme with publishers 2.
