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Perplexity AI founded in: 2022 — AI-powered answer engine.
Last verified 2026-05-16 · Methodology veritas-v0.1 · a4b4d4b7d5ab6740
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- Subject
- Perplexity AI
- Predicate
founded_in- Object
- 2022 — AI-powered answer engine
- Confidence
- 100%
- Tags
- perplexity · perplexity-ai · ai-search · company · founded · 2022
Sources (2)
[1] official blog · Perplexity AI · 2023-03-28
Announcing our Series A funding round“When we founded Perplexity in 2022, we set out to build a new kind of search experience powered by large language models.”
[2] docs · Crunchbase · 2022-08-01
Perplexity AI — Crunchbase company profile
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