AI start-up Perplexity is in talks for a $500 million funding round at a $14 billion valuation, led by venture-capital firm Accel.
Perplexity, backed by Nvidia, has quickly grown since the launch of ChatGPT, delivering AI-generated search results compared to Google's technology.
Perplexity is planning to launch its web browser Comet to rival Google Chrome and Apple Safari, facing challenges from news publishers for content usage.
Apple executive Eddie Cue mentioned a decline in Google searches in Safari due to the rise in AI technologies like ChatGPT and Perplexity; OpenAI also enhancing search features.