According to people familiar with the matter, Nvidia is in talks to participate in a round of equity financing in Perplexity. Once this financing is completed, the AI startup will be valued at more than $30 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, the scale of this round of financing will reach several billion dollars. Compared with the previous round of financing a year ago, the startup's valuation will increase by more than 50%. A person familiar with the matter and another person familiar with the situation said that the background of the proposed deal was a further deepening of business ties between the two companies; benefiting from Perplexity Computer, an AI agent for professionals that can automate computer tasks, Perplexity's annual revenue climbed from less than $250 million at the beginning of the year to more than $750 million. According to two people familiar with the deal negotiations, Nvidia previously considered spending billions of dollars to license some of the startup's technology from Perplexity and recruit some of its employees to advance the layout of the chip giant's self-developed AI models and supporting software. At present, it is unclear what factors prompted negotiations between the two sides to evolve into Nvidia's more traditional equity investment deal. Nvidia CEO Hwang In-hoon said in an interview that he uses Perplexity, a chatbot on a daily basis.

According to people familiar with the matter, Nvidia is in talks to participate in a round of equity financing in Perplexity. Once this financing is completed, the AI startup will be valued at more than $30 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, the scale of this round of financing will reach several billion dollars. Compared with the previous round of financing a year ago, the startup's valuation will increase by more than 50%. A person familiar with the matter and another person familiar with the situation said that the background of the proposed deal was a further deepening of business ties between the two companies; benefiting from Perplexity Computer, an AI agent for professionals that can automate computer tasks, Perplexity's annual revenue climbed from less than $250 million at the beginning of the year to more than $750 million. According to two people familiar with the deal negotiations, Nvidia previously considered spending billions of dollars to license some of the startup's technology from Perplexity and recruit some of its employees to advance the layout of the chip giant's self-developed AI models and supporting software. At present, it is unclear what factors prompted negotiations between the two sides to evolve into Nvidia's more traditional equity investment deal. Nvidia CEO Hwang In-hoon said in an interview that he uses Perplexity, a chatbot on a daily basis.