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The AI Company Perplexity Just Hit a Billion Dollar Milestone

In Machines we Trust

In Machines we Trust

Technology

00 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

With a billion-dollar valuation, Perplexity is proving that AI search is just getting started. Their tools are fast, accurate, and user-friendly. Let’s dive into why investors and users are paying attention.


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0:00.0

Perplexity is on an absolute tear and is in talks, according to sources that are familiar with the matter, to raise $1 billion.

0:09.0

This is absolutely insane. I feel like we've seen of the top AI companies, they're able to do round after round of funding.

0:15.0

As long as they can show positive user growth, there's a handful of these companies that are really showing themselves as the

0:20.8

winner. Perplexity is 100% one of these. And I've been absolutely blown away by the fact that, you know,

0:26.3

they may not be best known for like, you know, a foundation model chat GPT. Although I think they have like

0:31.0

some of their own tech that they'll say they mix in there. But as far as being like a quote unquote GPT rapper that a lot of people criticize or make

0:38.8

fun of, well, they're raising a billion dollars. So they're doing a fantastic job. They do a lot of

0:42.6

cool stuff. So today on the podcast, I want to be diving into what they're doing with that billion

0:46.9

dollars, how they were able to actually achieve that and raise that money. And also what I think

0:52.7

this means for the industry going forward in the future.

0:55.8

So stick around. This is going to be a great episode. Before we get into it, I wanted to mention

0:59.3

that if you ever wanted to grow and scale your business using AI tools, I have a community

1:04.0

where every single week I post exclusive a podcast and videos I don't post anywhere else,

1:09.7

breaking down how to grow and scale your

1:11.2

business using AI tools. There's over 50 videos. I've been doing this for over a year now.

1:15.7

And if you want to join the community, the link is in the description. In the past, I had this

1:19.7

set at $100 a month. It's currently discounted at $19 a month. And if you get in at the discounted

1:24.6

price, when I raise the price in the future, you'll be locked in at that.

1:28.0

I would love to have you as a member of the community.

1:29.9

We have over 300 members that all share amazing insights and perspectives about their businesses.

1:34.9

So it's a great place to be.

1:35.9

I will leave a link in the description.

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