Tech Company Financing Transactions

Perplexity AI Funding Round

Perplexity AI secured a $25.6 million Series A funding round on 3/28/2023. Investors included New Enterprise Associates, Databricks and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/28/2023
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,600,000
Round
Series A
Investors

New Enterprise Associates (Lead Investor)

Databricks

private investors (Bob Muglia)

private investors (Elad Gil)

private investors (Nat Friedman)

private investors (Paul Buchheit)

Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its growth and expansion plans, including developments on user sign-in, optimizing the application's knowledge database and continuing to protect user privacy.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Artificial Intelligence
Mailing Address
341 Moultrie St
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Perplexity AI is an answer engine that aims to deliver accurate answers to questions using large language models.
Profile
Perplexity AI LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Perplexity AI Company Twitter Account
Company News
Perplexity AI News
Facebook
Perplexity AI on Facebook
YouTube
Perplexity AI on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Aravind Srinivas
  Aravind Srinivas LinkedIn Profile  Aravind Srinivas Twitter Account  Aravind Srinivas News  Aravind Srinivas on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Denis Yarats
  Denis Yarats LinkedIn Profile  Denis Yarats Twitter Account  Denis Yarats News  Denis Yarats on Facebook
Co-Founder
Johnny Ho
  Johnny Ho LinkedIn Profile  Johnny Ho Twitter Account  Johnny Ho News  Johnny Ho on Facebook
Co-Founder
Andy Konwinski
  Andy Konwinski LinkedIn Profile  Andy Konwinski Twitter Account  Andy Konwinski News  Andy Konwinski on Facebook


 

 

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