Same day AI embarrassment announced a $62.7 million round, and it did reported The artificial intelligence startup is looking to raise one other $250 million-plus at a valuation of $2.5 billion to $3 billion.
The newly announced round was first reported last month and was led by Daniel Gross. Among them there have been also investors, among others: Nvidia, IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos AND Garry Tan among others. New round supposedly values the company at over $1 billion.
However, according to the report in TechCrunch, the AI search engine’s launch is far from complete, engaging investors in talks for a mega round that will boost that valuation by at least 150%. IVP and NEA are said to be considering participating in the recent round.
Just in January, the company raised $73.6 million in a Series B round led by IVP, which valued it at $520 million.
The rapid succession of rounds is one other sign of investors’ insatiable appetite for AI. Lost is particularly interesting because it shows that investors and strategists are willing to support a young startup that desires to take on the unstoppable titan of exploration Google.
More money
Perplexity wasn’t the only startup that reportedly raised big money on Tuesday.
Separateemerging startup Carnegie Mellon University which develops software for robots, has reportedly raised almost $300 million Partners of the Lightspeed enterprise, Coat and others with a valuation of USD 1.5 billion, according to Information.
This round is the latest in a string of deals involving young robotics startups.
Earlier this month, based in Santa Clara, California Collaborative robotics closed $100 million in Series B led by Generic catalytic converter. In February in Sunnyvale, California Character raised a massive round of $675 million at an initial valuation of around $2 billion. Well-known investors were included in this round Jeff Bezos‘ Browse investments and Nvidia, among others.