PERPLEXITY
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PERPLEXITY
REVENUE: US $ 150M EMPLOYEES: 1,600
CEO: ARAVIND SRINIVAS FOUNDED: 2022
Aravind Srinivas identified a fundamental problem with early Gen AI: nobody trusted it. His answer was Perplexity, a citation-based answer engine that processes over 435 million monthly queries and hit US $ 100m in annualised revenue in 2025.
The user base skews academic – 45 % hold at least a bachelor’ s degree – and these users spend an average of 22 minutes per session, far longer than typical search behaviour. What is emerging is a shift in expectations.
Traditional search engines return links; Perplexity synthesises answers with visible sources. That distinction is forcing incumbents to rethink their models.
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