Perplexity stock & equity tools

Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use large language models and incorporate real-time web search capabilities, providing responses based on current Internet content, citing sources used. Its real-time search engine is called Sonar and is based on Meta's Llama model. A free public version is available, while a paid Pro subscription offers access to more advanced language models and additional features.

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Founded in 2022 by Aravind Srinivas (ex-OpenAI), Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski, Perplexity runs an AI answer engine out of San Francisco, blending conversational search with Pro Search, Pages, and Spaces. The Comet AI browser debuted on desktop in July 2025, reached Android in November, and rolled out to iPhone on March 11, 2026, with OEM preload talks signaling a default-browser play. Valuation climbed from $14B in March 2025 to $20B in September, and reportedly $22.6B by January 2026. Apple ultimately chose Gemini over a Perplexity acquisition.

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