The ai search engine startup competing with google is fielding investor offers at valuations up to $50 billion It's making some vcs nervous. Ceo aravind srinivas positioned perplexity as an alternative to bloomberg finance—but has eaten his words since Perplexity will pay snap $400m in cash and equity to embed its ai “answer engine” in snapchat from early 2026—raising new questions about engagement, revenue, and trust.
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