Reported about 1 year ago
SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2 is investing $10-20 million in U.S. search startup Perplexity AI at a $3 billion valuation, as part of a larger $250 million funding round. Perplexity AI's search tools provide instant answers with sources and citations, using language models like OpenAI and Meta's Llama. The company previously raised $73.6 million from investors including Nvidia and Jeff Bezos, serving over 500 million queries in 2023.
Source: YAHOO