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title: "AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app-oehvhfqa6
source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/
type: article
source: "TechCrunch"
published: 2023-04-04T14:22:10.180Z
updated: 2023-10-04T02:26:01.581Z
tags: ["ai", "bots", "google", "ios", "startup", "tech-news", "venture-capital"]
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upvotes: 1
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language: en
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# AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app

**[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Perplexity AI, which bills itself as a “conversational search engine,’ closed a Series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Databricks Ventures and angel investors. The startup reports that it had 10 million monthly visits and 2 million unique visitors in February alone.

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