Perplexity
Answer engine that cites its sources.
About
Perplexity is an AI-native company based in San Francisco, United States, started in 2022. Answer engine that cites its sources. Its last reported valuation was $20bn (September 2025). Its founders previously worked at OpenAI.
Founders
Aravind SrinivasDenis YaratsJohnny HoAndy Konwinski
Facts
- Website
- perplexity.ai
- City
- San Francisco
- Country
- United States
- Valuation
- $20bn (September 2025)
- Industry
- Artificial Intelligence
- Founded
- 2022
- Stage
- Unicorn
- AI-native
- Yes
Part of the OpenAI Mafia
See the networkFounded by OpenAI alumni
8 startups in this network, including Anthropic, Safe Superintelligence, Thinking Machines Lab.
Open roles at Perplexity (140)
Their careers page- Growth GTM Engineer, Revenue OperationsRevenue Operations · San Francisco
- Head of Marketing OperationsRevenue Operations · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Web Access Engineer, Crawler)Search · London
- Product Manager, LegalProduct Management · San Francisco
- Lead Product Designer, Mobile (Native & Mobile)Design · San Francisco
- Lead Product Designer, Growth (Mobile)Design · San Francisco
- Member of Data Staff (Data Acceleration)Data Science · San Francisco
- Deal Desk LeadRevenue Operations · San Francisco
- Go-To-Market Compensation LeadRevenue Operations · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (TPM, Compute)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agent Engine)AI Research & Systems · San Francisco
- Engineering Manager (Agent Engine)AI Research & Systems · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, AI Policy and Strategic Initiatives)AI Research & Systems · San Francisco
- University RecruiterRecruiting · San Francisco
- Content DesignerDesign · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (GTM Engineer, Growth)Growth · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Acceleration)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Training Infrastructure)AI Research & Systems · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Secure Intelligence Institute)AI Research & Systems · San Francisco
- Procurement LeadFinance · San Francisco
- IP ParalegalLegal · San Francisco
- IT EngineerIT · San Francisco
- Sales Enablement Operations ManagerSales · San Francisco
- Customer Success LeadCustomer Success & Support · San Francisco
- Sales Onboarding ManagerSales · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Fraud Prevention)Search · London
- Senior Commercial Counsel, EnterpriseLegal · San Francisco
- Legal Response SpecialistCustomer Success & Support · San Francisco
- Compensation LeadPeople · San Francisco
- Go-to-Market RecruiterRecruiting · New York City
- Member of Technical Staff, (Software Engineer, Experience)AI Products · San Francisco
- Sr. Workplace CoordinatorWorkplace · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Agent Evals & Efficiency)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Global Treasury Manager, Investments & RiskFinance · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Android Engineer, Computer Growth)Mobile · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (iOS Engineer, Computer Growth)Mobile · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Trust & Governance)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Technical Recruiter, AIRecruiting · San Francisco
- Recruiting CoordinatorRecruiting · San Francisco
- Strategic Finance Lead - GTMFinance · San Francisco
- Enterprise Sales ManagerSales · New York City
- Commercial Sales ManagerSales · New York City
- Member of Technical Staff (Search Crawler Analyst)Search · Belgrade
- Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer, Search Agent RL)Search · Belgrade
- Billing Operations LeadFinance · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Senior QA Web Engineer)AI Products · New York City
- Member of Data Staff (Analytics Engineer)Data Science · San Francisco
- Global Workplace Business Operations LeadWorkplace · San Francisco
- Director of Events and ExperiencesMarketing & Communications · San Francisco
- Product Manager, PlatformProduct Management · New York City
- Engineering Manager (Enterprise)Platform & Infrastructure · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (New Grad)University Recruiting · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff (Search Core DevOps Engineer)Search · Belgrade
- Global Mobility LeadPeople · San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff, AI Products (Early Career - Industry)AI Products · San Francisco
- Payroll AnalystFinance · San Francisco
- Perplexity Research FellowshipAI Research & Systems · San Francisco
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