Perplexity has raised hundreds of millions from Jeff Bezos and Nvidia while clashing with top media organizations over alleged copyright violations.

Perplexity AI Inc., an artificial intelligence company building a search product that aims to compete with Google, is in early talks to raise funding from investors at a valuation of about $9 billion,

The search-based chatbot is seeking to raise around $500 million in what would be its fourth funding round in a year.