AI search engine has Perplexity. News is available. It closed a $500 million funding round, valuing the startup at $9 billion.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that the deal was led by Institutional Venture Partners and closed in early December. In an email to TechCrunch, a Perplexity spokesperson declined to comment.
The big bump comes as competition heats up in AI-powered search. OpenAI was recently launched. ChatGPT searchAnswer to Perplexity. Google is developing capabilities to compete with some of Perplexity's offerings, including Perplexity. Summaries and answers generated by AI On search results pages.
This week it's The Information. reported. Google is planning a more aggressive move, possibly creating a chatbot-like “AI mode” directly into Google Search.
Despite the class movement's push, confusion isn't resting on its laurels. Lawsuit Allegations of copyright infringement on Wednesday. The company made its first. FireCarbon, which specializes in connecting AI systems to external data sources; Robbing the founder of carbon.