Perplexity AI in funding talks to more than double valuation to $8 billion: report

Perplexity has told investors it is looking to raise around $500 million in the new funding round, the Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter. In October the startup said it had received a "cease and desist" notice from the New York Times demanding it to stop using the newspaper's content for generative AI purposes.

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Jeff Bezos-backed Perplexity AI has begun fundraising talks in which it is looking to more than double its valuation to $8 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Perplexity has told investors it is looking to raise around $500 million in the new funding round, the Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter. The Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence (AI) company's estimated annualized revenue based on recent sales is currently about $50 million, the report added.

Perplexity AI declined to comment. In October the startup said it had received a "cease and desist" notice from the New York Times demanding it to stop using the newspaper's content for generative AI purposes. Legal Data Privacy with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) By - Arun S.



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