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Perplexity AI

Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an…

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Founded: 2022
Headcount: 119
Open roles: 100
Last raised: Series E · Sign in to view

TECH STACK

How Perplexity AI builds

Extracted from Perplexity AI’s job postings we’ve tracked

Programming Languages

Python×77 TypeScript×40 C++×12 Java×8 JavaScript×8 Kotlin×7

Databases

SQL×22 PostgreSQL×17 Snowflake×14 Amazon DynamoDB×8

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web Services×48

DevOps & Infrastructure

Docker/Kubernetes×25 CUDA×8 Linux×8

CRM & Sales Tools

Salesforce×12

Other Software & Platforms

reStructuredText×11

Data Engineering & Warehousing

Databricks×10

Frameworks & Libraries

Next.js×9

Design Tools

Figma×7

AI & Machine Learning

PyTorch×7

LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Aravind Srinivas

Andy Konwinski

Aravind Srinivas

Artificial intelligence researcher

Perplexity AIAravind SrinivasOpenAIGoogleDeepMind TechnologiesMontreal Institute of Learning Algorithms , University of MontrealIndian Institute of Technology MadrasUniversity of California Berkeley

Johnny Ho

Chief Officer at Perplexity AI

Perplexity AITower Research CapitalQuoraHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard UniversityLynbrook High School

Andy Konwinski

Vice President at Databricks

DatabricksUniversity of California BerkeleyPerplexity AIGoogleYahooLos Alamos National LaboratoryUniversity of California BerkeleyUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-Fox Valley

Denis Yarats

CTO at Perplexity AI

New York University (NYU)Perplexity AIMeta PlatformsQuoraMicrosoftYandexNew York University (NYU)Belarusian State University

OPEN ROLES

Hiring at Perplexity AI

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$1,980,500,000

Investors

Accel Softbank Vision Fund Quiet Capital Bessemer Venture PartnersAmjad MasadAndrej KarpathyAshish VaswaniAusten AllredBalaji SrinivasanBezos ExpeditionsBob MugliaBossa Nova InvestimentosBvpClément DelangueDTCPDaniel GrossDatabricks VenturesDylan FieldE1 VenturesFactorial FundsFirestreak VenturesGarry TanGuillermo RauchInstitutional Venture Partners (IVP)Jeff BezosJeff DeanKindred VenturesMaven VenturesNEA - New Enterprise AssociatesNal KalchbrennerNat FriedmanNaval RavikantNick TelsonNvidiaOriol VinyalsPaul BuchheitPieter AbbeelSK TelecomShane NemanSoleioStanley DruckenmillerSusan WojcickiTobias LütkeUma VenturesWayraYann LeCun

Funding rounds

Series Unknown
$5.5MFeb 23, 2026
Series Unknown
$200MSep 10, 2025
Series Unknown
$100MJul 18, 2025
Series E
$500MMay 12, 2025
Series Unknown
Accel
$500MMay 11, 2025
Series D
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Wayra, SoftBank Vision Fund, Shane Neman, Uma Ventures, DTCP
$500MDec 17, 2024
Corporate Round
SK Telecom
$10MJun 13, 2024
Series C
Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Stanley Druckenmiller, Nvidia, Nat Friedman, Garry Tan, Dylan Field, Tobias Lütke, NEA - New Enterprise Associates, Andrej Karpathy, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Firestreak Ventures, Nick Telson, Bossa Nova Investimentos, Maven Ventures, Bvp, DTCP
$62.7MApr 22, 2024
Series B
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Guillermo Rauch, Databricks Ventures, NEA - New Enterprise Associates, Tobias Lütke, Naval Ravikant, Kindred Ventures, Austen Allred, Bvp, Factorial Funds, Bezos Expeditions, Balaji Srinivasan, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, E1 Ventures
$73.6MJan 3, 2024
Series A
NEA - New Enterprise Associates, Nat Friedman, Paul Buchheit, Bob Muglia, Databricks Ventures, Jeff Dean, Susan Wojcicki, Soleio
$25.6MMar 27, 2023
Seed
Pieter Abbeel, Oriol Vinyals, Nat Friedman, Yann LeCun, Amjad Masad, Andrej Karpathy, Ashish Vaswani, Clément Delangue, Nal Kalchbrenner
$3.1MAug 31, 2022

Funding data via Diffbot

Categorized in

Industry

AI & Machine Learning Foundation Models & LLMs

Investors

Accel Softbank Vision Fund Quiet Capital Bessemer Venture Partners

Industries

Software Companies Artificial Intelligence Software Natural Language Processing Software Data Analytics Software Data Science And Machine Learning Platforms Software As A Service Companies

Tech Stack

React Amazon Web Services Next.js Nodejs

LOCATIONS

Where they work

Perplexity AI offices

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New York City, NY
San Francisco, CA