Perplexity walks away from ads to differentiate from OpenAI and Google

Perplexity walks away from ads to differentiate from OpenAI and Google

By Skye Jacobs
Publication Date: 2026-02-18 17:55:00

The company quietly phased out sponsored content late last year, ending an experiment that began in 2024 when labeled promotions occasionally appeared beneath chatbot responses. On Tuesday,…