Perplexity AI plans to start running ads in fourth quarter as AI-assisted search gains popularity
Following months of controversy surrounding plagiarism allegations, Perplexity AI is about to start selling ads alongside AI-assisted search results.
Perplexity AI, the artificial intelligence startup that has been embroiled in controversy due to accusations of plagiarizing content from media outlets, plans to start running ads on its search app in the fourth quarter, CNBC has learned.
The company, which specializes in AI-assisted search, is circulating a pitch deck, promoting the app's reach and increasing usage. The company says its app has been downloaded more than two million times and that it answers more than 230 million queries a month, with U.S. queries increasing eightfold in the past year, according to the presentation, which was viewed by CNBC.