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.
據報道，人工智能領域的後起之秀Perplexity AI正在討論以遠高於前一輪的估值獲得額外資金。
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.
發生了什麼：這家在硅谷掀起波瀾的人工智能初創公司正在籌集新資金。投資者對支持Perplexity努力與ChatGPT母公司OpenAI和Alphabet Inc等行業巨頭競爭表現出濃厚的興趣。”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.
據《商業內幕》援引兩位直接了解此事的人士的話報道，新的估值上限明顯高於Perplexity在1月份擔保的5.2億美元。1月，該公司在機構風險投資夥伴牽頭的一輪融資中獲得了7400萬美元的融資。
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.
根據該報告，Perplexity的最新一輪融資仍處於談判階段，預計將採用可轉換證券的結構，即未來股票或SAFE票據的簡單協議。
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.
這種證券允許風險投資家將來以固定價格購買初創公司的股票，以換取目前提供資金。
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.
儘管討論仍在進行中，但該交易的細節尚未最終確定，所涉數字可能會發生變化。Perplexity沒有立即回應本辛加的置評請求。
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.
爲何重要：成立於2022年的Perplexity AI在人工智能驅動的消費類應用程序市場迅速獲得了關注。該公司得到了傑夫·貝佐斯等投資者的支持，因其有效性而受到Paytm創始人維傑·謝哈爾·夏爾馬等行業領導者的稱讚。
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的首席執行官阿拉文德·斯里尼瓦斯也對該公司與谷歌和OpenAI等行業巨頭競爭的能力表示了信心，理由是谷歌對廣告收入的依賴是部署人工智能驅動的搜索引擎的潛在限制。
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，英偉達首席執行官黃延森透露了他將Perplexity AI用於研究目的，這突顯了該工具在人工智能領域越來越受歡迎。
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