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Perplexity

Brand

4.3

Company overview

The most powerful answer engine. Powering curiosity with answers backed by up-to-date sources. This is where knowledge begins.
Founded in 2022
San Francisco, California, USA
1.7K employees (88 in marketing)
www.perplexity.ai
85% recommend to a friend
85% positive business outlook

Salaries

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People

Marketing leadership

Brian Shin
Brian Shin
Enterprise Growth Marketing Lead
At the company for 1 year
Will Simpson
Will Simpson
Marketing Lead
At the company for 1 year 1 month
Jenny S.
Jenny S.
Product Marketing Lead
At the company for 1 year 9 months

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

19 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +373.6% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$1.5B

Last raise

$5.5M

Series Unknown, 21 days ago

Funding history

Feb 2026

Venture Round Perplexity · $5.5M

Dec 2025

Funding Round Perplexity

Sep 2025

Venture Round Perplexity · $200M

Aug 2025

Secondary Market Perplexity

Jul 2025

Venture Round Perplexity · $100M

May 2025

Venture Round Perplexity · $500M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
218.9M
Month over month+29.1%
Quarter over quarter+69%
Top sourceDirect (71.4%)
Ad budget per month$7.8K
Average search rank37.5
Traffic source mix
Direct
71.4%
Search
25.9%
Referral
2%
Social
0.4%
Paid referral
0.2%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

1.5M

12-mo growth

+181.2%

Monthly growth

+4.6%

News

Links

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