# Perplexity

AI Search · City of London · Series E

Perplexity operates an AI-powered answer engine that responds to natural-language questions with synthesized answers and cited web sources, positioning itself as an alternative to traditional search. It offers free and Pro subscription tiers plus an enterprise product and has expanded into agentic browsing and shopping features. Founded in 2022 by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho and Andy Konwinski, it has raised roughly $1.72 billion and reached a valuation above $20 billion. The company runs a London office (registered as Perplexity AI Ltd) to support its European operations, alongside additional offices in Berlin and Belgrade.

- Website: https://perplexity.ai
- Careers: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/careers

## Facts

- Funding stage: Series E
- Total raised: $1.72B
- Founded: 2022
- Headquarters: San Francisco, USA
- Team size: 201-500

## Notable investors

IVP, NEA, Accel, Nvidia, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Jeff Bezos

## Open UK & remote roles

- [Member of Technical Staff (Backend/Infrastructure Engineer, Search)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-backend-infrastructure-engineer-search-9ql7ox.md) · Belgrade / London / Berlin (posted 2025-03-07)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer, Search)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-machine-learning-engineer-search-t6ax1y.md) · Belgrade / London / Berlin (posted 2025-03-25)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Search Engine Developer, Search Core)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-search-engine-developer-search-25j9vb.md) · Belgrade / London / Berlin (posted 2025-03-31)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Backend Software Engineer, Search Crawler)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-backend-software-engineer-search-u0xjt8.md) · Belgrade / London / Berlin (posted 2025-07-28)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Rust Engineer, Search)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-rust-engineer-search-1f3j8b.md) · Belgrade / London / Berlin (posted 2025-10-23)
- [Member of Technical Staff (AI Inference Engineer)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-ai-inference-engineer-1skilw.md) · London (posted 2026-04-13)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Product Data Scientist, Search Quality)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-product-data-scientist-search-46ph08.md) · Belgrade / London / Berlin (posted 2026-08-05)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-software-engineer-security-1ct82j.md) · San Francisco / Remote (United States) / London / Serbia / New York City (posted 2025-12-02)
- [Internship - Machine Learning Research Engineer](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/internship-machine-learning-research-engineer-1aybww.md) · Berlin (posted 2026-09-02)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Search Quality Analyst)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-search-quality-analyst-18xg8j.md) · Belgrade / London / Berlin (posted 2026-09-02)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-offensive-security-engineer-48ge30.md) · San Francisco / Remote (United States) / London / Serbia / New York City (posted 2026-04-02)
- [Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-ai-infrastructure-engineer-pi1xx0.md) · London (posted 2026-04-13)
- [Internship - Search Machine Learning Engineer](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/internship-search-machine-learning-engineer-fqyo5w.md) · London (posted 2026-04-08)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-software-engineer-cloud-infrastructure-nuyfcy.md) · London / Berlin / Belgrade (posted 2026-06-03)
- [Engineering Site Lead](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/engineering-site-lead-5xek28.md) · London (posted 2026-08-12)
- [Technical Recruiter (London, Serbia)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/technical-recruiter-london-serbia-1y7rdh.md) · London / Serbia (posted 2026-08-13)
- [Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer, Ranking Quality - Search)](https://aistartupslist.co.uk/company/perplexity/member-of-technical-staff-machine-learning-engineer-ranking-o2gx0v.md) · Belgrade / London (posted 2026-08-12)