AI newcomer Perplexity secures another $100 million in funding, with a valuation of $18 billion.

According to informed sources, Perplexity AI Inc., a company that competes with Google in the field of artificial intelligence search engines, has received funding in a new round of financing, with a valuation of $18 billion. The source revealed that this round of financing brought $100 million to Perplexity, which is an extension of a previous round of financing a few months ago when the company was valued at $14 billion. These investments highlight the hot pursuit of top artificial intelligence startups in Silicon Valley. Established in 2022, Perplexity is one of the representative companies that redefines core Internet services using generative artificial intelligence. Last year, the valuation of this startup company increased from $1 billion to $3 billion, achieving a threefold growth, and a few months later it tripled again. In March of this year, Perplexity originally planned to raise up to $1 billion at a valuation of $18 billion (including the funds raised in this round), but later completed a smaller financing round at a valuation of $14 billion. The new funding injection has brought its valuation back to the initial target level.