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Perplexity
Perplexity in the AI training data market. Recorded here: 4 disclosed licensing deals, 7 lawsuits and rulings and 1 public price.
perplexity.aiLatest record 5 Dec 2025
Public prices involving Perplexity
- Publisher content used in Perplexity's Comet browser and assistant (revenue share)
A usage-based revenue share, not a flat licence; Perplexity keeps 20% to cover compute.
Press report, Axios
80% of $5 monthly Comet Plus revenue; $42.5 million pool for early partnerstotal pool (plus 80% of subscription revenue)
Licensing deals
- Oct 2025Getty Images to PerplexityTerms not elaborated
Shown in answers
- Aug 2025Participating publishers (Comet Plus) to Perplexity$42.5M
Shown in answers
- Jul 2025Gannett (USA TODAY Network) to PerplexityFinancial terms not disclosed
Shown in answers
- Jul 2024Perplexity Publishers' Program launch partners (Automattic, Der Spiegel, Entrepreneur, Fortune, The Texas Tribune, TIME) to PerplexityAd revenue share; split not disclosed
Shown in answers
Lawsuits, rulings and regulators
- Dec 2025New York Times v. Perplexity: lawsuit filed
Renewed partial motion to dismiss pending.
- Oct 2025Reddit v. Perplexity, SerpApi, Oxylabs and AWMProxy: scraping lawsuit
Complaint filed; no ruling found.
- Sep 2025Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster v. Perplexity: complaint filed
Complaint filed; allegations not adjudicated.
- Aug 2025Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun v. Perplexity: lawsuit filed
Pending; no ruling found.
- Aug 2025Dow Jones v. Perplexity: motion to dismiss or transfer denied
Motion denied in full; case proceeds.
- Aug 2025Yomiuri Shimbun v. Perplexity: lawsuit filed
Pending; no ruling found.
- Oct 2024Dow Jones and New York Post v. Perplexity: complaint filed
Pending; motion to dismiss denied 21 August 2025.
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