Exclusive | AI Startup Perplexity in Funding Talks to More than Double Valuation to $8 Billion.

Autor: Jin, Berber (AUTHOR), Dotan, Tom (AUTHOR)
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Zdroj: Wall Street Journal - Online Edition. 10/21/2024, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
Abstrakt: Perplexity, an artificial-intelligence search company based in San Francisco, is seeking to raise $500 million in its fourth funding round to increase its valuation to $8 billion. The startup, founded two years ago and backed by Jeff Bezos, combines a search engine and AI chatbot to provide information and answer questions. Despite its rapid growth and success, Perplexity has faced criticism from web publishers for using their content without permission. The company is also expanding its revenue sources by offering premium subscriptions, an enterprise version for corporate customers, and soon, advertisements. [Extracted from the article]
Databáze: Regional Business News