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Perplexity

AI-powered search engine. Answer engine that cites sources.

AI SearchFounded January 2022#5 of 13 in AI Search

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Metric
+57.5%npm dependents
Measured values
241 vs 153Jul 12 vs Apr 13
Sources
3 sourcesHacker News Algolia API + Libraries.io API +1 more · as of July 13, 2026
Cited source
The Next WebPerplexity signs up for Nvidia’s Vera CPU as the chipmaker pushes past AI accelerators · Jul 8

The Next Web reported that Perplexity signs up for Nvidia’s Vera CPU as the chipmaker pushes past AI accelerators; separately, Perplexity's npm dependents increased 57.5% over the last 90 days, with Libraries.io data through Jul 12.

What this does not prove: Does not show install volume, runtime use, paid use, customer count, revenue, market share, product quality, or code that consumes the package without declaring it in npm metadata.

Metric receipt (3 sources)

Measured public metrics

  • Libraries.io API: Perplexity npm dependents · July 12, 2026
  • Hacker News Algolia API: Perplexity Hacker News mentions · July 12, 2026

Cited source

  • The Next Web: Perplexity signs up for Nvidia’s Vera CPU as the chipmaker pushes past AI accelerators · July 8, 2026
Metric
npm dependents
Observed window
Last 90 days (2026-04-13 to 2026-07-12)
Comparison
Compared with the prior reading
Start value
153 on 2026-04-13
End value
241 on 2026-07-12
Calculation
((241 - 153) / 153) * 100 = +57.5%
Metric receipt
Retained AI-Buzz metric receipt; not externally reproducible from a single public URL.
Relationship
Cited sources provide context and do not prove they caused the measured metric change.

Additional measured changes

  1. Hacker News mentions decreased 30.3% over the last 30 days.

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Company profile

What is Perplexity?

Perplexity reimagines search with AI. Provides direct answers with citations. Growing rapidly as Google Search alternative. 6M Series B at $520M valuation.

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Metric dates vary by source

Metric dates
npm downloads
npm dependents
GitHub stars
Hacker News mentions

Key metric

Package downloads (30d)

3.5M/30d

Tracked package: npm @ai-sdk/perplexity

▲ +1%

Additional metrics

3 metrics

Metric

Dependent projects

241

Projects depending on tracked package: npm @ai-sdk/perplexity

Metric

GitHub stars

63

Main repository stars

Metric

Hacker News

69/30d

Position #3 in category discussion

Repository health

Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.

Releases (30d)
0

About Perplexity

Perplexity reimagines search with AI. Provides direct answers with citations. Growing rapidly as Google Search alternative. 6M Series B at $520M valuation.

FoundersAravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, Andy Konwinski

Disclosed funding

Disclosed $1.5B · 8 rounds

Disclosed funding records total $1.5B. Category position #5 of 13 in AI Search.

Series D2025
$200M
Venture2025
$100M
Series D2025
$500M
Series C2025

IVP

$500M
Venture2024

Daniel Gross

$63M
Series B2024

IVP

$74M
Series A2023

NEA

$26M
Seed2022

Nat Friedman, Elad Gil

$3M

Investors

Daniel GrossElad GilIVPNat FriedmanNEA

Tracked packages (1)

1 npm

@ai-sdk/perplexity

npmMain npm package

@ai-sdk/perplexity

AI-powered search engine. Answer engine that cites sources.