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OpenAI’s New Product to Challenge Google’s Search Dominance
artificial intelligence // May 10, 2024

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company backed by Microsoft, is reportedly planning to announce its own search product to compete with Google, according to sources familiar with the matter. The announcement is expected to be made on Monday at 1 p.m. EDT, just a day before...

Perplexity Valued at $1 Billion as It Challenges Google Search
Investments // April 23, 2024

Perplexity has reportedly raised $63 million as it aims to compete with Google’s search engine. The new funding round values the artificial intelligence (AI) startup at $1 billion, marking a two-fold jump in valuation so far this year, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (April 23). As the report notes, the not...

This Week in AI: Connected Commerce, Keyboards and the Law
Artificial Intelligence // January 05, 2024

2023 was generative artificial intelligence’s (AI) big launch party — and now we’re in 2024. The year is already shaping up to be one where businesses increasingly leverage the technology to gain new efficiencies. PYMNTS Intelligence spent much of 2023 investigating AI’s enterprise-grade applications, as well as talking with...

AI Startup Perplexity Aims at Google With Personalized Search Engine Subscriptions
artificial intelligence // January 04, 2024

In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) is keen on making web search more intelligent and streamlined.  But can transformative search experiences that leverage generative AI to help users query and discover insights in new ways actually scale, given the 1,000-pound elephant (Google search) dominating the ecosystem? ...

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AI Startup Perplexity Adds Ex-Uber and Bing Execs as Advisers

May 16, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity has added three new advisers. They include Emil Michael, former chief business officer at Uber; Rich Miner, co-founder of Android and adviser to Google; and Mikhail Parakhin, former CEO of Bing, according to a Thursday (May 16) post on LinkedIn by Perplexity Co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas. The three new advisers will help the AI […]

OpenAI’s New Product to Challenge Google’s Search Dominance

May 10, 2024
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company backed by Microsoft, is reportedly planning to announce its own search product to compete with Google, according to sources familiar with the matter. The announcement...

Perplexity Valued at $1 Billion as It Challenges Google Search

April 23, 2024
Perplexity has reportedly raised $63 million as it aims to compete with Google’s search engine. The new funding round values the artificial intelligence (AI) startup at $1 billion, marking a two-fold jump in valuation so...

Bezos Invests in AI Startup Perplexity to Take On Google Search

January 04, 2024
Can tiny artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity take on Google in the search space? Jeff Bezos apparently thinks so. The Amazon founder is among the backers of the company that is not yet...