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Perplexity

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2022series cWebsite @perplexity_ai
Composite score
55.7
rank #41 · risers
Headcount
1.2k
0.0%
90d change
-7.0%
Launches (30d)
1
2 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$639k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
93.3%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
0.7 yrs
new hires — fast growth or churn
Time since last raise
2 mo
recent raise
LinkedIn followers
1.4M
brand reach

Hiring flow · Perplexity

source: PDL v25
+2,278 hires−1,408 exits+870 net · last 18 months

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
303
+9%
Research
257
-67%
Marketing
37
-27%
Product
36
+13%
Education
23
+109%
Operations
23
+50%
Human Resources
18
+38%
Creative
15
+114%
Other
58
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Headcount · Perplexity

158 weeks · source: mock_v1
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Events

Launch · Introducing Perplexity Agents
via product_hunt · 847 votes
22d ago
Launch · Perplexity v1.1
via product_hunt · 428 votes
1mo ago
Funding · series_unknown · 5.5M from null
Crunchbase
2mo ago
Funding · series_unknown · 200.0M from null
Crunchbase
7mo ago
Funding · series_unknown · 100.0M from null
Crunchbase
9mo ago
Funding · series_unknown · 500.0M from Eric Schmidt
Crunchbase
1y ago
Funding · series_d · 500.0M from Shane Neman
Crunchbase
1y ago
Funding · corporate_round · 10.0M from null
Crunchbase
2y ago
Funding · series_c · 62.7M from Andrej Karpathy
Crunchbase
2y ago
Funding · series_b · 73.6M from Austen Allred
Crunchbase
2y ago
Funding · series_a · 25.6M from Bob Muglia
Crunchbase
3y ago
Funding · seed · 3.1M from Amjad Masad
Crunchbase
4y ago

Score history

2026-04-20
55.7
rank #41
2026-03-30
44.8
rank #34
2026-03-23
35.8
rank #44
2026-03-16
31.6
rank #45
2026-03-09
34.0
rank #45
2026-03-02
37.0
rank #45
2026-02-23
53.2
rank #47
2026-02-16
45.9
rank #47
2026-02-09
45.9
rank #47
2026-02-02
45.9
rank #47
2026-01-26
46.5
rank #47
2026-01-19
45.1
rank #47