By Invezz
Publication Date: 2026-06-09 03:34:00
Perplexity plans to go public in 2028, with CEO Aravind Srinivas signalling that the AI search start-up will not rush its listing plans even as bigger names move closer to Wall Street.
The comments land at a defining moment for artificial intelligence.
Anthropic filed confidentially for a US initial public offering last week, OpenAI followed with its own confidential filing on Monday, and SpaceX is preparing to go public on Friday.
The back-to-back filings have turned the AI boom into a real test for public markets, but Srinivas said Perplexity is sticking to its 2028 IPO plan.
Locked in for 2028: Perplexity plays the long game
Srinivas told CNBC that Perplexity’s IPO plan remains anchored in 2028, regardless of how investors receive Anthropic or OpenAI.
The point matters because it frames Perplexity as measured rather than reactive.
Perplexity has also been here before as in 2025, when questions swirled around the company’s finances, Srinivas said the start-up was not running out of money and had no plan to list before 2028.
The latest comments therefore sound less like a response to the IPO rush and more like a restatement of an existing strategy.
Unlike OpenAI and Anthropic, which are known for frontier models, Perplexity is best known as an AI-powered answer and search engine.
Its pitch is less about owning the biggest model, and more about becoming a trusted gateway for how people search online.
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