Bloomberg reported on the twenty eighth (local time) that Perplexity, a synthetic intelligence (AI) startup that developed an interactive search engine, succeeded in attracting an investment of 25.6 million dollars (roughly 33.3 billion won).

Perplexity’s search engine uses an AI system to supply ends in the shape of short answers when a search term is entered in a conversational style on the web site. It is out there in Korean in addition to a mobile app.

The corporate’s funding round is small in comparison with other generative AI startups. Character.ai raised $150 million and Adept raised $350 million.

CEO Aravind Srinivas explained the reasoning behind this was, “We didn’t increase the dimensions of the fundraiser because we do not need loads of money.

Meanwhile, the corporate, which was established last yr, had 13 million visitors last month, doubling in comparison with January. It is understood that this investment includes greater than six current and former AI researchers from Deep Mind.

Jeong Byeong-il, member jbi@aitimes.com