This AI Assistant Wants to Make Google Search Obsolete - And Investors Just Gave It $100 Million to Do It

Google Killer or Pretender?

Google has dominated internet search for over two decades. But new AI startups like Perplexity.ai believe the time is ripe for an alternative that understands natural language and summarizes information from across the web.

Perplexity's AI Assistant Provides Conversational Answers

Perplexity.ai launched in 2022 with the goal of creating "AI-native search"…