Watch Out Google, OpenAI: Perplexity AI Reportedly Raising Additional Money At Significantly Higher Valuation Cap Than $520M
Watch Out Google, OpenAI: Perplexity AI Reportedly Raising Additional Money At Significantly Higher Valuation Cap Than $520M
Perplexity AI, a rising star in the field of artificial intelligence, is reportedly in discussions to secure additional funding at a valuation significantly higher than its previous round.
据报道，人工智能领域的后起之秀Perplexity AI正在讨论以远高于前一轮的估值获得额外资金。
What Happened: The AI startup, which has been making waves in Silicon Valley, is in the process of raising new funds. Investors are showing keen interest in supporting Perplexity's efforts to compete with industry giants like ChatGPT-parent OpenAI and Alphabet Inc.'s Google.
发生了什么：这家在硅谷掀起波澜的人工智能初创公司正在筹集新资金。投资者对支持Perplexity努力与ChatGPT母公司OpenAI和Alphabet Inc等行业巨头竞争表现出浓厚的兴趣。”s 谷歌。
The new valuation cap is notably higher than the $520 million Perplexity secured in January, reported Business Insider, citing two people with direct knowledge of the matter. In January, the company secured $74 million in funding in a round spearheaded by Institutional Venture Partners.
据《商业内幕》援引两位直接了解此事的人士的话报道，新的估值上限明显高于Perplexity在1月份担保的5.2亿美元。1月，该公司在机构风险投资伙伴牵头的一轮融资中获得了7400万美元的融资。
As per the report, Perplexity's latest funding round, which is still in the negotiation phase, is expected to be structured as convertible securities, known as simple agreements for future equity or SAFE notes.
根据该报告，Perplexity的最新一轮融资仍处于谈判阶段，预计将采用可转换证券的结构，即未来股票或SAFE票据的简单协议。
This type of security allows venture capitalists to purchase a startup's shares at a fixed price in the future, in exchange for providing funding at present.
这种证券允许风险投资家将来以固定价格购买初创公司的股票，以换取目前提供资金。
Despite the ongoing discussions, the details of the deal are yet to be finalized, and the figures involved are subject to change. Perplexity did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comments.
尽管讨论仍在进行中，但该交易的细节尚未最终确定，所涉数字可能会发生变化。Perplexity没有立即回应本辛加的置评请求。
Why It Matters: Perplexity AI, founded in 2022, has quickly gained traction in the AI-powered consumer apps market. The company, which is backed by investors like Jeff Bezos, has been praised for its effectiveness by industry leaders like Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma.
为何重要：成立于2022年的Perplexity AI在人工智能驱动的消费类应用程序市场迅速获得了关注。该公司得到了杰夫·贝佐斯等投资者的支持，因其有效性而受到Paytm创始人维杰·谢哈尔·夏尔马等行业领导者的称赞。
Perplexity's CEO, Aravind Srinivas, has also expressed confidence in the company's ability to compete with industry giants like Google and OpenAI, citing Google's reliance on ad revenues as a potential limitation in deploying AI-driven search engines.
Perplexity的首席执行官阿拉文德·斯里尼瓦斯也对该公司与谷歌和OpenAI等行业巨头竞争的能力表示了信心，理由是谷歌对广告收入的依赖是部署人工智能驱动的搜索引擎的潜在限制。
Notably, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has revealed his use of Perplexity AI for research purposes, underscoring the tool's growing popularity in the AI space.
值得注意的是，英伟达首席执行官黄延森透露了他将Perplexity AI用于研究目的，这突显了该工具在人工智能领域越来越受欢迎。
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