Perplexity
Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use large language models and
| Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.[2] |
| Founded August 2022; 3 years ago (August 2022)[1] |
| Area served Worldwide |
Basic Info
| Area served Worldwide |
| Founded August 2022; 3 years ago (August 2022)[1] |
| Founders Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, Andy Konwinski[1] |
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Search engine web portal
Perplexity’s primary offering is an online information retrieval system (search engine) that uses large language models to generate responses to user queries by searching and summarizing web-based content. Perplexity offers a feature known as Perplexity Pages that generates structured summaries and report-like
Perplexity Pro
Perplexity Pro is a subscription tier, a more capable paid "enterprise" service, including stronger security and data protection and additional tools, including the ability to search uploaded documents alongside web content and access to a programmatic application programming interface (API). It allows
Search API
Perplexity's Search API provides AI developers with programmatic access to the company's search infrastructure. The September 2025 release includes a software development kit, an open-source evaluation framework called search_evals, and documentation detailing the API's design and optimization.
