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Companies like Perplexity

Compare Perplexity with AI search, answer engine, agent, and retrieval startups across product scope, funding stage, geography, and market signal.

Target company: PerplexityPeer companies shown: 20Updated: September 29, 2026

Perplexity Snapshot

Category
AI Agents
Location
San Francisco, United States
Funding
$1.72B

An AI-powered conversational answer engine and multi-agent platform that delivers accurate, real-time answers with citations by combining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) technology with live web search, now evolved into autonomous task execution through AI agents.

Perplexity comparisons should separate answer engines from broader autonomous research agents, retrieval infrastructure, and distribution-heavy consumer AI products.

Similar AI Companies

Crawler-visible peer sample ranked by category overlap, geography, and funding visibility.

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CompanyWhy it matches
Sycamore
Palo Alto, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Endex AI
New York, United States
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Oro Labs
Palo Alto, United States
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Sapiom
San Francisco, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Plurio
Palo Alto, United States
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Dextr AI
San Francisco, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Nozomio
San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Adopt AI
San Jose, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Cognition AI
San Francisco Bay Area & New York, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Gumloop
San Francisco, CA, United States
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Basis
New York, United States
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Artisan AI
San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Spur
New York, NY, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Procense
San Francisco, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Waypoint AI
Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Tykoon AI
Los Angeles, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Origami
San Francisco, United States
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
MaxHome.AI
Fremont, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Meta Platforms Inc. (Muse AI Agent)
Menlo Park, California, US
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.
Abstract
New York, NY, USA
  • Shares the AI Agents category with Perplexity.
  • Operates in the same US market.
  • Funding visibility supports stage and momentum comparison.

Funding Comparison Signals

Sycamore
Seed
Investors: ["Coatue","Lightspeed Venture Partners","Abstract Ventures","Dell Technologies Capital","8VC","Fellows Fund","E14 Fund","Lip-Bu Tan","Ali Ghodsi","Bob McGrew","Frederic Kerrest","BJ Jenkins","Bipul Sinha","Jay Simons","Anu Bharadwaj","Sachin Katti","Francois Chollet","Mike Knoop","Nima Khajehnouri","Abhinav Gupta","Deepak Pathak","Jerry Tworek","Soham Majumdar","John Nay","Rajiv Gupta"]
Endex AI
Seed
Investors: ["OpenAI Startup Fund","Sequoia Capital","Andreessen Horowitz","Dorm Room Fund","Soma Capital","Neo"]
Oro Labs
Series C
Investors: ["Brighton Park Capital","Goldman Sachs Alternatives","Felicis","Norwest Venture Partners","B Capital Group","XYZ Venture Capital"]
Sapiom
Series A
Investors: ["Accel","Okta Ventures","Gradient Ventures","Array Ventures","Menlo Ventures","Anthropic","Coinbase Ventures","Angel Invest","Formus Capital","Operator Collective","Dragonfly","VanEck Ventures"]
Plurio
Seed ($3.5M, Mar 2026)
Investors: ["Altair Capital","DVC","Yellow Rocks","PTV Ventures","Kos Stiskin (Finom co-founder)","Mike Yan (ManyChat co-founder)"]
Dextr AI
Seed
Investors: ["Elevation Capital (lead)","Foundation Capital"]
Nozomio
Seed
Investors: ["Y Combinator","CRV","BoxGroup","LocalGlobe","Paul Graham"]
Adopt AI
Seed
Investors: ["Elevation Capital","Foster Ventures","Powerhouse Ventures","Darkmode Ventures"]