Perplexity AI
Perplexity
Perplexity AI is an AI-native search and knowledge discovery company founded in 2022 by CEO Aravind Srinivas, who previously interned at OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind before leaving OpenAI to start the company . The product centers on real-time, AI-generated answers with cited sources, positioning itself as a direct challenger to Google by replacing traditional keyword search with conversational query-and-response . By late 2024, Perplexity had raised $500 million at a $9 billion valuation—16x growth from early that year—and was actively expanding into advertising and e-commerce commerce features for paid users . Srinivas has been explicit that Perplexity is not an AGI lab but an application-layer company built to capitalize on foundation model commoditization, with advertising as its intended primary revenue engine rather than $20/month subscriptions .
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Are Models and "Shells" Both Undervalued? ZhenFund's Yusen Dai's Mid-2025 AI Review --- The past six months have been a turbulent period for AI. On one hand, DeepSeek's breakthrough has reignited global enthusiasm for Chinese AI; on the other, the commercialization path for large models remains unclear, and the market is growing increasingly anxious about when AI will generate real returns. Against this backdrop, I believe it's necessary to take stock of where we stand at this mid-point in 2025. **The Core Question: Are Models and "Shells" Both Undervalued?** Over the past two years, the AI industry has cycled through several narratives: from the initial frenzy over foundation models, to the subsequent boom in AI applications ("shells"), then a period of disillusionment as applications failed to deliver, and now a renewed focus on models following DeepSeek's success. But I want to propose a contrarian view: **both models and "shells" may be simultaneously undervalued by the market right now.** This might sound paradoxical. Let me explain. **Why Models Are Undervalued** The market's current skepticism toward model companies stems largely from two concerns: the commoditization of models (will they all become undifferent
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The value isn't in the model — it's in the people who create it.
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