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Perplexity AI (I)

United States
Pre Seed
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About Perplexity AI (I)

Perplexity AI (I) is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

AI-native founders building agent, infrastructure, or productivity tools

AI agents
agentic security
productivity tools
consumer AI
enterprise infrastructure
AI orchestration
graph & reasoning
robotics foundation models

Bullish Signals

5X revenue with 34% team growthexternal
70K waitlist for AI computer productexternal
Active portfolio content, weekly operator updatesexternal
Local file + native app AI integration livelinkedin
Mac mini enables 24/7 AI orchestrationlinkedin
Voice control + always-on PC now livelinkedin
Operators shipping more than full teamslinkedin
858 followers, active fund LinkedIn presencelinkedin
Perplexity Computer rollout officially livelinkedin
24 portfolio companies spanning infra to consumerwebsite
Deep infrastructure plays: graph, proofs, roboticswebsite
Enterprise SaaS agents backed alongside consumerwebsite
35+ portfolio spanning agentic security, reasoningwebsite
VLA-native robotics, mass spectrometry, govtechwebsite
AI SRE, CRM data, handwriting reimaginedwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Heavy Perplexity product focus, narrow thesisexternal
Apple ecosystem dependency riskexternal
Single product driving all revenue growthlinkedin
Portfolio breadth suggests thesis flexibilitywebsite
Govtech + manufacturing bets outside AI corewebsite

Founder Do's

Show clear revenue growth metrics
Highlight AI-native product differentiation
Demonstrate team efficiency / leverage
Build infrastructure or agent tooling
Show waitlist / early traction signals
Focus on trusted judgment or verification layer
Address enterprise + consumer crossover

Founder Don'ts

Pitch without concrete usage metrics
Ignore AI agent orchestration trends
Miss security / safety in agentic workflows

Key GPs & Partners

DS
Dmitry Shevelenko
Partner / Operator
product-ledoperator-focusedgrowth-driven

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$50M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn

Key People

Kelly Graziadei, Joanna Lee Shevelenko

Dmitry ShevelenkoPartner / Operator

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