Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that responds to queries with sourced answers drawn from the web. Perplexity's Twitter Score is 277 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,256 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Perplexity was co-founded by Aravind Srinivas, who serves as CEO, along with Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski. The company has attracted backing from a broad range of investors, including New Enterprise Associates, Databricks Ventures, Nat Friedman, Yann LeCun, Jeff Bezos, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Nvidia, and Accel. Per The Wall Street Journal, as of May 2025 the company was in advanced talks for a $500 million funding round at a $14 billion valuation.
Perplexity has faced legal scrutiny over its use of third-party content. In October 2024, Dow Jones and the New York Post filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement, and The New York Times sent a cease-and-desist notice that same month demanding the company stop unauthorized access to and use of its content. Perplexity has 1,141 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 811 accounts a total of 1,666 times, reflecting broad awareness across the crypto and tech Twitter landscape.
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The accounts that follow Perplexity include 1,279 founders, 327 angel investors, 540 influencers and 20 VCs, among them Toly, Ansem, Brian Armstrong, Marc Andreessen, Chris Burniske and 6529.