AI Search Startup Perplexity’s Series B Funding Raises Nearly $63M, Launches Enterprise Pro
by Adweek
Adweek— Perplexity, a generative AI startup developing a search engine to rival Google, has secured nearly $63 million in Series B funding. This investment has propelled the 55-person startup to double its valuation in three months, now exceeding $1 billion, with total fundraising reaching $165 million. The round was led by investor Daniel Gross with participation from Y Combinator chief executive officer Garry Tan, Figma Inc. CEO Dylan Field and billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller. Previous backers,...
VentureBeat—Perplexity hits unicorn status with $63M investment, launches secure AI enterprise search. Perplexity said multiple leading enterprises, including Zoom, HP and Databricks, are already using its new Enterprise Pro plan.
Digiday—AI Briefing: How Perplexity plans to win over enterprise and regular users with AI search. Flush with new funding, the AI search startup hopes to build more momentum with a new offering called Enterprise Pro.
ETtech.com—AI startup Blaize raises $106 million in funding. AI computing firm Blaize said on Monday it has raised $106 million in funding, including from existing investors such as Mercedes-Benz and Temasek. Other existing investors such as Bess Ventures, Franklin Templeton and Denso, besides new investors such as Rizvi Traverse, Ava Investors and BurTech LP also participated in the fundraising, the company said in a statement, without disclosing the details on its valuation. The fundraise reflects the frenzy that had helped the AI sector attract a major...