# AI firm Perplexity is planning to go public in 2028, CNBC reported.

*genai · news · 2026-06-09 · The Star*

## Key points

- Perplexity plans to go public in 2028 regardless of Anthropic or OpenAI's IPO outcomes.
- CEO Aravind Srinivas confirmed Perplexity is not running out of money and has no early IPO plans.
- Perplexity's IPO timeline remains unchanged even amid increasing AI sector IPO activity.
- Srinivas indicated that major tech IPOs like SpaceX may influence AI firms' public offerings.

June 8 (Reuters) - AI ⁠firm Perplexity is planning to go public ⁠in 2028 regardless of how the market ‌receives the listings of Anthropic and OpenAI, CNBC reported on Monday,citing an interview with CEO Aravind Srinivas. • "Agnostic of these two ​companies, we were planning for ⁠something in 2028, so ⁠that still remains the case," Srinivas told CNBC in ⁠an ‌interview. • OpenAI confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO earlier on Monday, following Anthropic's ⁠filing last week. Elon Musk's SpaceX is ​also preparing ‌to go public on Friday. • "I certainly think ⁠there will ​be ripple effects if they don't go well, like there is no sugar coating on that. The ⁠SpaceX IPO this week will definitely ​be a leading indicator of how Anthropic or OpenAI will go out," Srinivas told CNBC. • "I think it's ⁠important for the AI industry that these IPOs go well, and I actually think they will go well, because they’re doing well," Srinivas added. • ​In 2025, addressing speculation about ⁠Perplexity's finances, Srinivas said the company was not ​running out of money and ‌had no plans to go ​public before 2028. (Reporting by Natalia Bueno Rebolledo in Mexico City; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

**Companies:** SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity
**Countries:** United States, Mexico

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