AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion in New Funding Round

• Perplexity AI seeks valuation of about $9 billion in new funding round

  Business - CNBC - October 21

• AI Startup Perplexity in Funding Talks to More Than Double Valuation to $8 Billion

  Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 20

• Perplexity AI in final stages of raising $500 million round at $9 billion valuation

  Business - CNBC - November 5
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  AI search start-up Perplexity targets $8bn valuation in new funding round

  Business - Financial Times - October 21

• Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation

  Business - CNBC - October 28
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  Perplexity AI Hopes to Double Its Valuation to $8 Billion

  Business - Inc. - October 20
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  DevRev raises $100.8 million in Series A funding and becomes an AI unicorn at a $1.15 billion valuation

  Tech - VentureBeat - November 1

• Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation

  Business - CNBC - November 4
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• Elon Musk’s xAI startup said to eye funding round, valuing the company at this much

  Business - MarketWatch - October 29
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  A Lawsuit Against Perplexity Calls Out Fake News AI Hallucinations

  Tech - Wired - October 21

• Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding round as robotaxi race heats up in the U.S.

  Business - CNBC - October 25
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  Perplexity CEO ‘Surprised’ by Publishers’ Lawsuit Against Startup

  Business - Inc. - October 24

• Saudi sovereign wealth fund announces $2 billion deal for new Brookfield Middle East platform

  Business - CNBC - October 30
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  Murdoch’s Dow Jones sues AI start-up Perplexity for infringement

  Business - Financial Times - October 21
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  Murdoch Papers Sue AI Developer Perplexity for ‘Freeriding’ Their Content

  Business - Inc. - October 22

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  Business - MarketWatch - October 29
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  Magic Leap founder is back with $20M funding round for SynthBee

  Tech - VentureBeat - October 16

• Palantir’s stock racks up new bearish call on its ‘unsustainable’ valuation

  Business - MarketWatch - November 7
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  Valuations at Musk’s SpaceX and xAI set to soar in new deals

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  Perplexity Gets ‘Cease and Desist’ Notice From the New York Times

  Business - Inc. - October 16
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  Wall Street Journal, NY Post sue AI startup

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  Business - Inc. - October 24
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  Tech - VentureBeat - November 5
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  Perplexity Dove Into Real-Time Election Tracking While Other AI Companies Held Back

  Tech - Wired - November 6
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