Perplexity AI Unveils Powerful Search API, Bids $34.5B for Chrome Browser
Perplexity AI, a pioneering AI startup, has unveiled its Search API, a powerful tool for developers seeking to integrate AI-driven search capabilities into their products. The company, valued at $20 billion following a recent funding round, has also made headlines with a significant bid for Google's Chrome browser and faces legal challenges from Japanese media companies.
Perplexity's Search API offers a comprehensive solution, covering hundreds of billions of webpages and providing rich, structured responses suitable for both AI and traditional applications. It reduces preprocessing needs and accelerates integration, delivering more relevant and useful results.
The API is priced on a tiered basis, starting from $1 to $15 per million input and output tokens. This flexibility caters to diverse user needs and budgets.
Perplexity's infrastructure is designed to divide documents into fine-grained units, enhancing context for AI operations. The company also offers specialized options like Sonar Reasoning and Sonar Deep Research, each with its own cost structure.
In a notable development, Perplexity has made a $34.5 billion bid for Google's Chrome browser, signaling its ambition in the browser market.
However, the company is currently embroiled in legal disputes. Nikkei and Asahi, two Japanese media companies, have filed lawsuits against Perplexity AI for copyright infringement. They seek a ban on the use of their content and compensation of $15 million each.
Perplexity AI continues to innovate and expand its offerings, with the launch of the Search API and its ambitious bid for Google's Chrome browser. Despite facing legal challenges, the company's commitment to AI-driven search solutions remains undeterred. With a $20 billion valuation and partnerships in development with educational platforms and enterprise knowledge systems, Perplexity AI is poised to shape the future of AI search.
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