AI startup Perplexity is raising more money at a $20 billion valuation

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CEO of Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, at the 11th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony 2025 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, on April 5, 2025
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says his AI browser, Comet, could automate recruiters and assistants.

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This startup lets you vibe code your own app on your iPhone. It just raised $9 million from Alexis Ohanian's fund.

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VibeCode founders Kehan Zhang, Ansh Nanda, and Riley Brown.
VibeCode founders Kehan Zhang, Ansh Nanda, and Riley Brown.

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'Q2T3' is the 'freakish' new growth benchmark for AI startups

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"Get Ur Freak On" was released in 2001.

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Russia has been cutting the internet to stop drones — and it's driving a cash comeback

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Russian 100-rouble banknotes are placed on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in Russia.

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Roblox accused of being a 'hunting ground' for child predators as legal firestorm against gaming giant intensifies

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In this photo illustration the Roblox logo seen displayed on a smartphone.

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Sam Altman says GPT-5's 'personality' will get a revamp — but it won't be as 'annoying' as GPT-4o

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Sam Altman said GPT-5 will get a "warmer" tone after complaints about its style.

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Elon Musk said Apple made it 'impossible' for non-ChatGPT AI apps to top the App Store. DeepSeek would like a word.

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While ChatGPT has long dominated the App Store, both DeepSeek and Perplexity have gone No. 1.

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'Inference whales' are eating into AI coding startups' business model

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A Humpback whale breaching

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Microsoft is trying to poach Meta AI talent and offering multimillion-dollar pay packages, internal documents show

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Mark Zuckerberg and Satya Nadella are all in on AI.

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