Jeff Bezos-Backed Perplexity Raises $500 Million, Tripling Its Valuation To $9 Billion As Competition With Google And OpenAI Heats Up
Jeff Bezos-Backed Perplexity Raises $500 Million, Tripling Its Valuation To $9 Billion As Competition With Google And OpenAI Heats Up
While OpenAI's ChatGPT maintains market leadership with a 73.8% share, followed by Google's Gemini at 13.5%, Perplexity's growth trajectory has attracted high-profile investors. Perplexity AI, backed by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, secured $500 million in funding led by Institutional Venture Partners, tripling its valuation to $9 billion, reported the Financial Times on Wednesday, citing sources.
由亞馬遜創始人傑夫·貝索斯支持的Perplexity AI獲得了由Institutional Venture Partners主導的50000萬美元融資，使其估值翻了三倍，達到了90億，金融時報週三援引消息來源報道。
What Happened: The San Francisco-based startup has seen rapid growth in 2024, processing hundreds of millions of monthly queries from 15 million active users, mostly in the U.S. The company's market share in AI search increased from 2.7% to 5.8% this year, according to FirstPageSage data.
發生了什麼：這家位於舊金山的創業公司在2024年迎來了快速增長，處理每月數億個查詢，活躍用戶數爲1500萬，主要在美國。根據FirstPageSage的數據，該公司在人工智能搜索市場的份額從今年的2.7%增加到5.8%。
Perplexity challenges Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google and Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) artificial intelligence-powered search offerings, while also taking on OpenAI.
Perplexity挑戰Alphabet Inc.（納斯達克：GOOGL）（納斯達克：GOOG）的谷歌和微軟（納斯達克：MSFT）的人工智能搜索產品，同時也在與OpenAI競爭。
While OpenAI's ChatGPT maintains market leadership with a 73.8% share, followed by Google's Gemini at 13.5%, Perplexity's growth trajectory has attracted high-profile investors.
儘管OpenAI的ChatGPT在市場上保持領先，份額爲73.8%，緊隨其後的是谷歌的Gemini，份額爲13.5%，但Perplexity的增長軌跡吸引了高知名度的投資者。
OpenAI's website continues to lead the AI platform race, ranking 92nd globally and 139th in U.S. web traffic, according to recent Similarweb data. The company attracted 250.1 million total visits, showcasing its commanding market position.
根據最近的Similarweb數據，OpenAI的網站在人工智能平台競爭中繼續領先，全球排名第92位，美國網站流量排名第139位。該公司吸引了25010萬的訪問量，展示了其主導的市場地位。
Perplexity.ai, while trailing in overall rankings at 467th globally and 547th in the U.S., demonstrated strong user engagement. The platform recorded 58.69 million total visits, with users spending an average of six minutes per session and viewing nearly four pages per visit.
Perplexity.ai雖然在整體排名上位列全球第467位，美國第547位，但展示了強大的用戶參與度。該平台記錄了5869萬總訪問量，用戶平均每次會話停留六分鐘，每次訪問近四個頁面。
In contrast, Google's Gemini platform struggled to gain traction, ranking 12,612th globally and 31,018th in the U.S. The service recorded just 989,992 total visits, with notably high bounce rates suggesting challenges in user retention.
相比之下，谷歌的Gemini平台在獲得用戶吸引力方面表現不佳，全球排名第12,612位，美國排名第31,018位。該服務僅記錄了989,992的總訪問量，明顯較高的跳出率表明用戶留存存在挑戰。
Monthly visit data further highlights the disparity, with OpenAI recording 83.39 million visits compared to Perplexity.ai's 19.56 million and Gemini's 329,997 visits. While OpenAI leads in raw traffic numbers,
每月訪問數據進一步突出這種差異，OpenAI記錄了8339萬次訪問，而Perplexity.ai爲1956萬，Gemini爲329,997。雖然OpenAI在原始流量數字上領先，
Perplexity AI did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.
Perplexity AI沒有立即回應Benzinga的評論請求。
Similarweb data also shows conversations about Perplexity versus ChatGPT surging over the course of the year, largely taking off in August.
Similarweb的數據還顯示，關於Perplexity與ChatGPT的討論在今年大幅上升，主要是在八月份開始激增。
Why It Matters: Previous backers of Perplexity include NVIDIA Corp., SoftBank's Vision Fund 2, and notable AI experts like Meta Platforms Inc.'s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.
重要性：Perplexity的早期投資者包括英偉達CORP、軟銀的願景基金2，以及知名的人工智能專家，如Meta Platforms Inc.的首席人工智能科學家Yann LeCun。
The funding comes as competition intensifies in the AI search space. OpenAI recently integrated web searching into ChatGPT, while Anthropic's Claude expanded its capabilities with a "computer use" feature.
此次融資是在人工智能搜索領域競爭加劇之際進行的。OpenAI最近將網頁搜索整合到ChatGPT中，而Anthropic的Claude也通過「計算機使用」功能擴展了其能力。
Both Google and Microsoft have incorporated large language models into their search products to provide more conversational results.
谷歌和微軟都將大型語言模型納入他們的搜索產品中，以提供更具對話式的結果。
Perplexity's revenue model relies on subscriptions, with annualized revenues growing from $5 million in January to $35 million in August. The company is now exploring advertising partnerships with major brands, potentially challenging the traditional search advertising system pioneered by Google.
Perplexity的營收模型依賴於訂閱，其年化營業收入從一月份的500萬增長到八月份的3500萬。該公司目前正在與主要品牌探索廣告合作，可能會對谷歌開創的傳統搜索廣告系統構成挑戰。
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