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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Perplexity differentiates by orchestrating across competing AI models
“And the way we differentiate ourselves at perplexity Is we don't just orchestrate across tools and files and connectors. We also orchestrate across models. That is the differentiation that Anthropic and OpenAI cannot claim”
Prediction Held up
Perplexity will move AI inference to local devices to cut costs
“And now with progress in open source and local models and local chips, we're going to move some of the inference back to the local devices and bring down the cost even more.”
Prediction Held up
Deeter: Canva, Anthropic, and Perplexity will not go public anytime soon
“Now you look at, you know, Canva, you know, forty billion plus, and Anthropica with seventy billion plus, and perplexity, you know deep into DekuKorn status, and like, these businesses, you know, aren't going public anytime soon.”
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Perplexity raised $100M at an $18B valuation due to high demand
“Perplexities raised another hundred million at an eighteen billion dollar valuation. Honestly, there was so much demand from the 15 round that they upped it to 18, okay?”
Assertion Supported
Stebbings: Perplexity Secured European Telecom Deals for Default Phone Access
“They've done quite a few in Europe with big telecoms providers, which enables them kind of default access to consumers phones.”
Assertion Supported
Perplexity currently has around 400 employees
“It's like 400 people.”
Prediction Held up
Malik: Perplexity plans student-focused partnerships for distribution at scale
“So I think a lot about the student audience. And so there's some partnerships in that student world that I really want to break into to help drive distribution within students at scale.”
Prediction Held up
Malik: Perplexity is moving toward simpler landing page messaging
“Where we're moving to is really simple language around ask anything or what do you want to know and search like never before.”