The new funding would be worth billions of dollars and value Perplexity at more than $30 billion, more than doubling the company’s valuation from a year ago, according to the report, which cited unnamed sources.
Nvidia and Perplexity have been strengthening their ties, the report said.
Perplexity’s annualized revenue has risen to more than $750 million from under $250 million at the start of the year, due partially to Perplexity Computer, an AI agent professionals use to automate computer tasks, according to the report. Nvidia had previously considered a multibillion-dollar licensing deal with Perplexity as part of its plan to develop its own AI models and software.
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Nvidia has acted as a “central bank” of sorts to AI startups in the last several years, giving these companies billions of dollars as they rent or buy Nvidia’s chips, the report said. In addition, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said in interviews that Perplexity is his go-to chatbot.
While Nvidia has spent tens of billions of dollars on investments and collaborations centered around chip, networking and data center-related firms, it has also begun pursuing licensing or hiring…
