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Perplexity's main product is its search engine, which relies on [[natural language processing]].<ref name="wiggers" /> It interprets the context of the user queries to provide a personalized search result. Perplexity summarizes the search results and gives a text with inline citations.<ref name="wiggers" /> It prioritizes newer sources to avoid outdated information, and allows users to ask follow-up questions that are interpreted in the same context. |
Perplexity's main product is its search engine, which relies on [[natural language processing]].<ref name="wiggers" /> It interprets the context of the user queries to provide a personalized search result. Perplexity summarizes the search results and gives a text with inline citations.<ref name="wiggers" /> It prioritizes newer sources to avoid outdated information, and allows users to ask follow-up questions that are interpreted in the same context. |
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Perplexity uses a [[freemium]] model and provides basic search functionalities and all search modes for free. |
Perplexity uses a [[freemium]] model and provides basic search functionalities and all search modes for free. It also contains a 'Focus' mode feature, which allows users to fine tune search and streamline sources.<ref>{{Cite web |title="What is Search Focus?" |url=https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/faq/what-is-search-focus |website=Perplexity.ai}}</ref> Major Focus Modes includes: |
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# '''All:''' This mode searches the entire internet to find answers or generate responses. This is the default focus mode that Perplexity uses. |
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# '''Academic''': This mode searches scholarly articles and academic publication to generate the response. This mode is useful when the users want comparatively credible and citable sources. |
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# '''Writing''': This mode allows users to generate written content and chat with perplexity models. This mode is similar to major AI Chatbot services like [[ChatGPT|ChatGPT.]] |
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# '''Wolfram|Alpha''': This mode searches within [[WolframAlpha]]. It allows users to ask questions related to more computation topics, including mathematical calculations. |
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# '''YouTube''': This mode searches within publicly available [[YouTube]] videos. This mode generates responses that includes timestamps and option to watch videos inside of Perplexity window. |
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# '''Reddit''': This mode searches the public community discussions and opinions on [[Reddit]]. This mode allows users to gather opinions and discussions on various topics. |
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Perplexity's paid variant, the "Pro" mode, asks the user clarifying questions to refine queries. It enables users to upload and analyze local files, including images, alongside generating images using AI. Additionally, it provides access to an API.<ref name="wiggers" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=AI |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Introducing pplx-api |url=https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-pplx-api |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311214747/https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-pplx-api |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=perplexity.ai}}</ref> |
Perplexity's paid variant, the "Pro" mode, asks the user clarifying questions to refine queries. It enables users to upload and analyze local files, including images, alongside generating images using AI. Additionally, it provides access to an API.<ref name="wiggers" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=AI |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Introducing pplx-api |url=https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-pplx-api |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311214747/https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-pplx-api |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=perplexity.ai}}</ref> |
Revision as of 16:01, 12 April 2024
Industry | Artificial intelligence |
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Genre | Search engine |
Founded | August 2022 |
Founder | Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas |
Headquarters | , USA |
Key people | Aravind Srinivas (CEO) |
Number of employees | ~40[1] (2024) |
Website |
Perplexity AI is an AI-chatbot-powered research and conversational search engine that answers queries using natural language predictive text.[2][3] Launched in 2022, Perplexity generates answers using the sources from the web and cites links within the text response.[4] Perplexity works on a freemium model; the free product uses its Perplexity model based on OpenAI's GPT-3.5 model combined with the company's standalone Large language model (LLM) that incorporates natural language processing (NLP) capabilities, while the paid version Perplexity Pro has access to GPT-4, Claude 3, Mistral Large, and an Experimental Perplexity Model.[3][5]
History
Perplexity was founded in August 2022 by Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Aravind Srinivas.[6] Srinivas previously worked at OpenAI and now serves as Perplexity's CEO.[7]
As of 2024, Perplexity has raised $100 million in funding, valuing the company at $520 million.[3][8][9] Additional investors include Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Susan Wojcicki, Jeff Dean, Yann LeCun, Andrej Karpathy and others.[7][10][9] It has garnered about 10 million monthly users.[11]
Functionality
Perplexity's main product is its search engine, which relies on natural language processing.[7] It interprets the context of the user queries to provide a personalized search result. Perplexity summarizes the search results and gives a text with inline citations.[7] It prioritizes newer sources to avoid outdated information, and allows users to ask follow-up questions that are interpreted in the same context.
Perplexity uses a freemium model and provides basic search functionalities and all search modes for free. It also contains a 'Focus' mode feature, which allows users to fine tune search and streamline sources.[12] Major Focus Modes includes:
- All: This mode searches the entire internet to find answers or generate responses. This is the default focus mode that Perplexity uses.
- Academic: This mode searches scholarly articles and academic publication to generate the response. This mode is useful when the users want comparatively credible and citable sources.
- Writing: This mode allows users to generate written content and chat with perplexity models. This mode is similar to major AI Chatbot services like ChatGPT.
- Wolfram|Alpha: This mode searches within WolframAlpha. It allows users to ask questions related to more computation topics, including mathematical calculations.
- YouTube: This mode searches within publicly available YouTube videos. This mode generates responses that includes timestamps and option to watch videos inside of Perplexity window.
- Reddit: This mode searches the public community discussions and opinions on Reddit. This mode allows users to gather opinions and discussions on various topics.
Perplexity's paid variant, the "Pro" mode, asks the user clarifying questions to refine queries. It enables users to upload and analyze local files, including images, alongside generating images using AI. Additionally, it provides access to an API.[7][13]
References
- ^ Kruppa, Miles | Photographs by Carolyn Fong for The Wall Street Journal (2024-01-04). "WSJ News Exclusive | Jeff Bezos Bets on a Google Challenger Using AI to Try to Upend Internet Search". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "AI Search Startup Perplexity Is Challenging Google—While Using Its Data — The Information".
- ^ a b c "TNB Tech Minute: Startup Perplexity Challenges Google With AI Search - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "कभी किया था गूगल के साथ काम , फिर खड़ी की 4300 करोड़ की कंपनी, जाने इसके पीछे की पूरी कहानी". samacharnama.com (in Hindi). 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Singh, Shubham (2024-01-06). "Perplexity AI raises $73.6M in funding round led by Nvidia, Bezos, now valued at $522M". Business Today. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/this-one-year-old-startup-is-hoping-to-be-the-next-google-can-they-succeed
- ^ a b c d e Wiggers, Kyle (2024-01-04). "AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI, now valued at $520M, raises $73.6M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Perplexity AI raises $73.6M in a funding round led by Nvidia, Bezos, now valued at $522M". Business Today. 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ a b Garfinkle, Allie (2024-01-11). "Perplexity AI's challenge to Google hinges on something simple but tough—being the best". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ מן, יובל (2024-01-07). "בעזרת בזוס: הסטארט-אפ הקטן שקורא תיגר על אימפריית החיפוש של גוגל". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ Quach, Katyanna. "AI search engine startup Perplexity raises $73.6M in funding". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ ""What is Search Focus?"". Perplexity.ai.
- ^ Team, AI (October 4, 2023). "Introducing pplx-api". perplexity.ai. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.