# Perplexity’s revenue has surged from zero to $500 million, despite the company beginning with just four people and no revenue.

*genai · news · 2026-04-17 · Forbes India*

## Key points

- Perplexity increased revenue from $100 million to $500 million while only growing headcount by 34 percent.
- Allbirds sold its footwear business, rebranded as NewBird AI, and pivoted entirely to AI compute infrastructure.
- TCS reported $2.3 billion in annualised AI revenue in FY26, marking a turning point toward scaled enterprise AI adoption.
- Anthropic appointed Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board, emphasizing regulated oversight for frontier AI models.
- OpenAI launched GPT-5.4-Cyber, a security-focused AI model, to vetted users under a tightly managed release.

**Companies:** Tata Consultancy Services, OpenAI, Allbirds, Anthropic, Perplexity
**Countries:** India, United States

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