By Securities.io
Publication Date: 2026-10-29 17:56:00
Perplexity announced on October 28, 2026, that Perplexity Enterprise has achieved FedRAMP Class C (Moderate) certification, bringing live web search and source-cited answers within the platform’s certified environment for federal government users. The certified software-as-a-service offering is available to federal agencies through the U.S. General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule for direct procurement, and agencies can access Enterprise Pro for Government through GSA’s OneGov offer for US$0.25 per agency through March 31, 2027. The company stated that, with the update, Perplexity becomes “the only FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) Moderate SI service with live web search.”
The offering is also available to state, local, and education customers through authorized resellers, and to government contractors directly through Perplexity, according to the announcement. Perplexity directs procurement and onboarding questions to [email protected] and maintains a U.S. Government hub describing its federal offerings.
Certified Capabilities and Data Controls
Perplexity stated that it builds, hosts, and continuously updates its own web index and retrieval infrastructure, which the company said tracks more than 200 billion unique URLs and processes tens of thousands of indexing operations per second. Its search system retrieves and ranks relevant passages to help models answer questions, and the company said sourced…
