Perplexity AI, the chatbot startup with big brains and even bigger ambitions, is reportedly in talks to raise between $500 million and $1 billion at a mouthwatering $18 billion valuation.

Perplexity is an AI startup that provides information by searching the internet, just like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, and is backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Japan's SoftBank Group.

Furthermore, the firm is a direct competitor to Google in the Mountain View giant’s plans to launch an AI-powered search engine. As you can see, Perplexity ... Amazon.com—and SoftBank Group.

In the fall, the AI-powered search engine Perplexity began rolling out a shopping assistant and checkout experience that it hopes will shrink the time for users between discovering a new product ...

Perplexity AI Inc., a startup building an artificial intelligence search engine to compete with Google, is in early talks to double its valuation to $18 billion in a new funding round, according ...

The sums of money that the artificial intelligence boom has created in the span of a few years border on unthinkable. This vast wave of enthusiasm has also minted a new generation of billionaires.

In the fall, the AI-powered search engine Perplexity began rolling out a shopping ... And the would-be Google rival is betting that Firmly will help it get there.