Apparently both Meta and Apple have considered acquiring Perplexity.

Getting acquired makes a lot of sense for Perplexity. Not sure which company makes sense to acquire Perplexity.

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New: Meta held discussions with artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity AI about a possible takeover before moving ahead with a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI, according to people familiar with the matter. https://t.co/Ccx4bNaZfY

Mark Gurman

Exclusive: Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and technology https://t.co/CdtqGH8Hzd

Bloomberg

Apparently both Meta and Apple have considered acquiring Perplexity.

Getting acquired makes a lot of sense for Perplexity. Not sure which company makes sense to acquire Perplexity.


https://x.com/markgurman/status/1936107360126468488

https://x.com/business/status/1936173302768079259

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