Perplexity AI nears $500M funding round at $9B valuation

Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence search engine startup that competes with the likes of Google and OpenAI, is in the final stages of a $500 million funding round at a $9 billion valuation. The company has attracted investor attention since the beginning of the year at a valuation of about $500 million and has raised four rounds of funding this year.