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Perplexity AI
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The cited AI answer engine ranks #9 globally with 140.7 million monthly website visits in June 2026.
Founded in August 2022 by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski, Perplexity AI operates an answer engine that synthesizes live web sources with inline citations. In June 2026, perplexity.ai recorded 140.7 million monthly visits, representing 1.37% of top-74 AI tool traffic, though down 21.5% from February 2026. According to the Financial Times, Perplexity exceeded 100 million monthly active users across its search and agent products in April 2026, and reached a $21.21 billion valuation in early 2026. Beyond search, Perplexity offers the Chromium-based Comet browser, Perplexity Computer (launched February 2026), and multi-model access across GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and its own Sonar 2. In February 2026, Perplexity discontinued its AI advertising model to focus on subscriptions and preserve answer objectivity.
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