Perplexity's ARR recently hit ~$450M in March 2026 (per FT/Reuters citing internal data), up 50% in a month and consistent with Aravind's $500M figure after 5x growth from ~$100M earlier. 2025 estimates were ~$200M. Total funding: ~$1.7B over 11 rounds. Latest valuation: $20B+.
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Tech Hype Cycles: Data Science Startups Without Real Data Strategy
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This always happens with every new tech fad. When I was first starting out in Data Science all these startups wanted to be “data driven” even when they had no clear idea what that meant, or had any data, or had garbage irrelevant data at best.
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French Senate AI Proposal Threatens Mistral AI Relocation
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La conséquence de cette proposition débile du Sénat serait le déménagement immédiat hors de France de @MistraAI Les sénateurs devraient avoir honte d’être aussi nuls en IA Les efforts immenses de @arthurmensch seraient détruits immédiatement si cette loi est appliquée
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AI Agents Improve Through Use: Taskade’s Latest Genesis Upgrade
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"Your agents get smarter the more you use them."
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 14 avril 2026
This is true of a raft of new services, and is how I built my AI and it keeps improving by having conversations with me.
Long ago I saw @Taskade and it's great to see the improvements it just announced. https://t.co/9jktFUQjD2"Your agents get smarter the more you use them." This is true of a raft of new services, and is how I built my AI and it keeps improving by having conversations with me. Long ago I saw @Taskade and it's great to see the improvements it just announced. Taskade (@Taskade) @Taskade Genesis just got its biggest upgrade. ✨ Agent Memory. 100+ integrations. Automations that run while you sleep. One prompt → CRM, client portal, Stripe store. Connected. Deployed. Running. 150,000+ apps live. Welcome to the era of living software. 🚀 — https://nitter.net/Taskade/status/2043968048588284197#m
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Unlimited AI Usage Economics: Perplexity’s Costly Mistake
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Every AI product built on unlimited usage is running the same math right now. Perplexity just handled the correction as badly as possible while others are watching how this plays out.
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AI Entrepreneurship Benefits Mostly Those Already Privileged
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The people who will actually benefit from AI-enabled entrepreneurship are mostly the ones who already had resources, education, and time. The framing papers over that gap.
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Auto AI Camera App with Personalized Frames Launches Today
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I've long wanted AI to make a deeper appearance in our cameras.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 14 avril 2026
I'm not paid by David. But I love this and will be using it a lot more.
There's a raft of new AI apps for iPhone that do a lot of things to improve your life. @wabi, agentic micro apps. @typelessdotcom (or one of… https://t.co/YzqpzD3dAH pic.twitter.com/0DrsU95nCjI've long wanted AI to make a deeper appearance in our cameras. I'm not paid by David. But I love this and will be using it a lot more. There's a raft of new AI apps for iPhone that do a lot of things to improve your life. @wabi, agentic micro apps. @typelessdotcom (or one of its competitors, there's a bunch, like @usemonologue, or @aquavoice ) that make communicating with your phone and the apps on it much better, and others. What new apps are you using on your phone? This should be one of them. I made this by taking a selfie of myself in it. David Evans (@daredevildave) Today, we’re launching @autoaicam, a camera that builds personal apps for anything you point it at. How does it work? – Take a photo – Auto picks a Frame, a mini-app built and designed by you or our community – The Frame does something for you: track calories, virtually try on outfits, identify a plant, and much more How many of you have a camera roll full of photos that are really actions or reminders? Auto turns these photos into something useful. — https://nitter.net/daredevildave/status/2043769961248895323#m
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Growing Fast While Maintaining Quality Requires Discipline
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Growing fast and shipping clean are not mutually exclusive but they require discipline most teams only find after losing customers they didn't expect to lose.
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Sakana AI co-founder meets Japan Defense Minister on AI future
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Sakana AI co-founder Ren Ito visited Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi @shinjirokoiz
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Indian AI Startups Scale Globally Through STATION F Partnership
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India’s AI startups aren’t just building; —they’re scaling beyond borders. Through the collaboration of IndiaAI Mission with STATION F, the world’s largest startup campus and @HECParis , one of Europe’s premier business schools, this program equips 10 selected Indian AI startups