Perplexity AI is a company that focuses on artificial intelligence, particularly in the domain of answer engines. The company provides a conversational AI-powered search engine that utilizes large language models to offer more relevant answers to user queries. It was founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco, California. Perplexity has received significant funding, with recent reports indicating a $73.6 million funding round, bringing the company's valuation to about $500 million. The company's impressive lineup of backers includes prominent figures such as Yann LeCun, the chief AI scientist at Meta Platforms, and several present and former AI researchers at Google and its sibling company, DeepMind. Perplexity's CEO is Aravind Srinivas, and among its investors are a notable number of Google's own AI researchers.