Releases
133 matching — model launches, API releases, product updates, financial events and news.
July 20253
Jul 17, 2025
$100 million financing at $18 billion valuationFunding round
Perplexity raised approximately $100 million at an $18 billion valuation.
Jul 9, 2025
Comet AI browser launchedProduct launch
Perplexity launched Comet, an AI-native browser with an embedded assistant, initially for Max subscribers and waitlisted users.
Jul 2, 2025
Perplexity Max launchedProduct launch
Perplexity launched Max, a premium subscription tier with expanded access to frontier models and new products.
June 20254
Jun 12, 2025
$500 million funding round at $14 billion valuationFunding round
Perplexity closed a $500 million financing led by Accel at a $14 billion valuation.
Jun 11, 2025
European AI models addedPartnership
Perplexity partnered with European model providers to bring additional European AI models to global users.
Jun 10, 2025
Sonar inference acceleratedResearch paper
Perplexity published work on accelerating Sonar inference through speculative decoding.
Jun 5, 2025
Perplexity Finance expanded for investorsFeature update
Perplexity expanded Finance with richer market data and research tools for investors.
May 20254
May 29, 2025
Perplexity Labs launchedProduct launch
Perplexity launched Labs for creating reports, spreadsheets, dashboards and lightweight applications from research.
May 21, 2025
Perplexity plans and benefits expandedFeature update
Perplexity expanded free and paid plan capabilities, including greater access to advanced search, files and models.
May 20, 2025
SAP integrates Perplexity with JoulePartnership
SAP partnered with Perplexity to add real-time web answers to the Joule enterprise assistant.
May 8, 2025
Wiley educational search partnershipPartnership
Perplexity partnered with Wiley to make trusted educational content available through AI-powered search.
April 20251
Apr 24, 2025
Motorola global distribution partnershipPartnership
Perplexity partnered with Motorola to pre-install its app and integrate Perplexity Assistant into Moto AI on new devices.
March 20253
Mar 21, 2025
Proposal to rebuild TikTok in AmericaNews
Perplexity proposed combining with TikTok's US operations to create a new American company and make its recommendation system transparent.
Mar 19, 2025
Improved Sonar models and lower API pricingModel update
Perplexity improved Sonar, Sonar Pro and reasoning models while reducing API prices.
Mar 17, 2025
Enterprise Pro Japan launched with SoftBankPartnership
Perplexity expanded its SoftBank partnership to launch Enterprise Pro in Japan.
February 20254
Feb 25, 2025
$50 million Perplexity Fund announcedNews
Perplexity announced a $50 million venture fund to invest in early-stage AI startups.
Feb 18, 2025
R1 1776 open weights releasedOpen weights
Perplexity released R1 1776, an open-weight post-trained version of DeepSeek-R1 intended to reduce censorship while retaining reasoning capability.
Feb 14, 2025
Perplexity Deep Research launchedProduct launch
Perplexity launched Deep Research, an autonomous mode that performs many searches, evaluates sources and writes cited reports.
Feb 11, 2025
New Sonar model released on CerebrasModel update
Perplexity released a faster in-house Sonar model built on Llama 3.3 70B and served through Cerebras for Pro search.
January 20253
Jan 29, 2025
Sonar Reasoning models introducedModel release
Perplexity introduced Sonar Reasoning and Sonar Reasoning Pro for search-grounded analytical queries.
Jan 23, 2025
Perplexity Assistant launched on AndroidProduct launch
Perplexity launched an Android assistant able to answer questions and perform actions across supported apps.
Jan 21, 2025
Sonar and Sonar Pro APIs launchedAPI release
Perplexity launched Sonar and made Sonar Pro generally available through its API platform for cited real-time answers.
December 20243
Dec 18, 2024
$500 million funding round at $9 billion valuationFunding round
Perplexity closed a $500 million financing led by IVP at a $9 billion valuation.
Dec 18, 2024
Carbon acquiredAcquisition
Perplexity acquired Carbon, a startup specializing in connecting AI systems to enterprise data sources; terms were not disclosed.
Dec 5, 2024
Publishers' Program expands to 15 media partnersPartnership
Perplexity expanded its publisher program with 15 additional media organizations.

