The 6th annual Enterprise Tech 30 report highlights the private tech companies most likely to meaningfully change how enterprises operate, according to 100+ leading investors in the space.

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Perplexity is the conversational 'answer engine' that draws from credible sources in real time to answer users’ questions with in-line citations. Founded in 2022 by former members of OpenAI, Meta, Quora, Bing, and Databricks, the company's mission is to serve the world's curiosity by bridging the gap between traditional search engines and AI-driven interfaces. Each week, Perplexity answers more than 100 million questions around the world.

 

Total Raised: $913.7M
Valuation: $9.0B
Founded: 2022
Employees: 175+

Category

Horizontal / Vertical Applications
Late Stage

Financing

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IVP, New Enterprise Associates, Databricks Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Davidovs Venture Collective, E1 Ventures, Firestreak Ventures, Kindred Ventures, AIX Ventures, Factorial Funds, Bezos Expeditions, Nvidia, Flat Capital, Strategxy Ventures, Quain Investments, Beyond Capital, Maven Ventures, Bossa Invest, T.Capital, SK Telecom, Zeal Tech, Entropia Capital, 1435 Capital, Camford Capital, Mana Ventures, The House Fund, SoftBank Group

CEO, Co-Founders, Board Members

Aravind Srinivas, Co-Founder and CEO — Denis Yarats, Co-Founder and CTO — Johnny Ho, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer — Andrew Konwinski, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman — Cack Wilhelm, General Partner, IVP — Peter Sonsini, Venture Advisor, New Enterprise Associates

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The methodology for the Enterprise Tech 30 involves two phases: a first phase to identify a candidate list of companies through extensive primary and secondary research; and a second phase to assess and rank the companies through an institutional investor survey.

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