United States · Who invested in Perplexity AI?
Perplexity AI's investors include New Enterprise Associates, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Andrej Karpathy and Amjad Masad, and 5 more on record. New Enterprise Associates led its latest round.
United States · Series A startup
Who invested in Perplexity AI
One round we have observed, with the 10 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.
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Funding summaryUpdated 5 Nov 2026
Undisclosedraised across 1 round since 2023, from 1 source
- Latest round
- Series AMar 2023
- Led by
- New Enterprise Associates
- Investors
- 10 (1 led)
Perplexity AIArtificial intelligence1 / 5Their pitch deckPerplexity AI's pitch deck, 5 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.→The rounds
- Mar 2023Series AAmount undisclosed
New Enterprise AssociatesLead
Elad Gil- Nat Friedman
- Andrej Karpathy
- Amjad Masad
- Clem Delangue
- Ashish Vaswani
- Yann LeCun
- Paul Buccheit
- Pieter Abbeel
Reported by New Enterprise AssociatesSEC filing: $29M sold, first sale Mar 2023
Funding filed with regulators
Perplexity AI filed one raise, $29M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.
- Mar 2023$29MSEC Form D
Founders and team
From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.
- Andrew D. KonwinskiExecutive Officer, Directori
- Aravind Srinivas LakshminarayananDirector, Executive Officeri
On the board, as filediDzianis Srinivas YaratsPeter Srinivas SonsiniPieter Srinivas Abbeel
Everyone who backed them
Nat FriedmanVC firm1round
Andrej KarpathyVC firm1round
Amjad MasadAngel1round
Clem DelangueVC firm1round
Yann LeCunAngel1round
Paul BuccheitVC firm1round
Pieter AbbeelStartup1round
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Quick answers about Perplexity AI
How much has Perplexity AI raised?
Perplexity AI has raised 1 round since 2023, none with a disclosed amount.
When did Perplexity AI last raise?
Perplexity AI's most recent round was a Series A in Mar 2023, led by New Enterprise Associates.
Who backed Perplexity AI first?
Perplexity AI's first round on record, in Mar 2023, was backed by New Enterprise Associates, Elad Gil and Nat Friedman and 7 others.
What stage is Perplexity AI at?
Perplexity AI's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2023.
Where is Perplexity AI based?
Perplexity AI is based in the United States.
Who led Perplexity AI's rounds?
New Enterprise Associates led the Series A in 2023.
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