Nvidia is discussing investing in Perplexity as a part of an fairness spherical that will worth the AI startup at greater than $30 billion, based on folks with information of the dialogue.
The spherical could be price billions of {dollars} and increase the startup’s valuation greater than 50% from its final financing a 12 months in the past, the folks mentioned. The proposed deal comes as the 2 corporations have cast stronger enterprise ties and Perplexity’s annualized income has climbed to greater than $750 million from lower than $250 million in the beginning of the 12 months, thanks partially to Perplexity Pc, an AI agent that professionals use to automate pc duties, based on one of many folks and one other particular person accustomed to the matter.
