{"id":642032,"date":"2024-10-21T00:18:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T21:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/perplexity-is-reportedly-looking-to-fundraise-at-an-8b-valuation\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T00:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T21:18:34","slug":"perplexity-is-reportedly-looking-to-fundraise-at-an-8b-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/perplexity-is-reportedly-looking-to-fundraise-at-an-8b-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Perplexity is reportedly looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI search engine Perplexity is in fundraising talks and hopes to raise around $500 million at an $8 billion valuation, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/ai-startup-perplexity-in-funding-talks-to-more-than-double-valuation-to-8-billion-54d36787\">according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a deal h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens with those terms, it would more than double Perplexity\u2019s valuation from its $3 billion valuation when it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-06-27\/softbank-to-invest-in-perplexity-in-ai-race-against-google-rivals\">raised from SoftBank<\/a> over the summer. The WSJ reports that the company currently receives about 15 million queries a day and brings in around $50 million in annualized revenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perplexity uses AI to help people search the web in a chatbot-style interface. Some <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> publishers have accused the company of unauthorized web scraping and plagiarism, and The New York Times has even sent Perplexity a cease-and-desist letter, but CEO Aravind Srinivas said he wants to work with publishers and has \u201cno interest in being anyone\u2019s antagonist here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These fundraising talks come after OpenAI announced raising a $6.6 billion round at a $157 billion valuation. While products like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT have blurred the line between chatbot and search engine, the company is moving more directly into search with SearchGPT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perplexity did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to a TechCrunch request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/10\/20\/perplexity-is-reportedly-looking-to-fundraise-at-an-8b-valuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI search engine Perplexity is in fundraising talks and hopes to raise around $500 million at an $8 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. If a deal happens with those terms, it would more than double Perplexity\u2019s valuation from its $3 billion valuation when it raised from SoftBank over the summer. 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