perplexity ai is launching a $50 million venture fund focused on early-stage ai startups, with the majority of investment coming from external partners. Key figures kelly graziadei and joanna lee shevelenko will lead the fund.

developer of a popular artificial intelligence search engine and is raising a $50 million venture fund.

one of the general partners for the new venture fund being launched by perplexity ai.

the other general partner running the early-stage fund with perplexity ai.

Perplexity made a bid to merge with tiktok U.S. amid shutdown threats.

its ChatGPT launched in late 2022, kicking off the generative ai boom that Perplexity is part of.