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Perplexity AI Is Testing Ads In Search With Brands Indeed and Whole Foods Market

Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is officially moving forward with previously announced plans to begin testing ads within its search results. Initial agency and brand partners include Indeed, PMG, Universal McCann, and Whole Foods Market. The company said in a blog post announcing the move, "To fully deliver on our mission to spark the world's...





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Perplexity AI Begins Experimenting With Ads on Its Search Platform

Perplexity AI, the company behind the eponymous artificial intelligence (AI) search platform, announced on Tuesday that it will begin experimenting with ads this week. An earlier report in August highlighted the company’s intentions of incorporating ads by the end of the year to boost its revenue. The AI firm highlighted that ads will be shown in a format that does not clutter or ruins the user experience of the platform.




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Search startup Perplexity AI valued at $520 mln in funding from Bezos, Nvidia

The round was led by venture capital firm IVP and valued the company at about $520 million, according to the company. NEA, NVIDIA, Databricks, and Bessemer Venture Partners also participated in the round.




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Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity promote scientific racism in AI search results

AI-powered search engines are surfacing deeply racist, debunked research.




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Perplexity says it will begin experimenting with ads on its platform in the US starting this week; ads will be formatted as “sponsored follow-up questions”

AI-powered search engine Perplexity says it’ll begin experimenting with ads on its platform starting this week. Ads will appear in the U.S. to start, formatted as “sponsored follow-up questions.” (E.g., “How can I use LinkedIn to enhance my job search?”) Paid media will be positioned to the side…






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Perplexity is reportedly looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation

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’s valuation from its $3 billion valuation when it raised from SoftBank over the summer. The WSJ […]

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Perplexity AI CEO says “still haven’t gotten” a green card amid immigration debate ahead of U.S. Presidential Election 2024

Srinivas went on to work with OpenAI for a year before co-founding Perplexity AI in 2022




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Perplexity raising new funds at $9 billion valuation, source says

Perplexity is raising new investment that would value the search startup at $9 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday




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Dow Jones, The New York Post and Perplexity lawsuit: Keeping up with AI