The Financial Times reported the $450 million ARR milestone, citing figures seen by the publication; the jump is the fastest monthly revenue increase in Perplexity’s history since its 2022 founding, bringing ARR from $305 million to $450 million in approximately 30 daysThe revenue acceleration was driven by two changes made on February 25: the launch of Computer, an autonomous agent platform that orchestrates 19 specialized AI models to complete complex tasks, and a credits-based pricing model that charges users beyond a set monthly allocationPerplexity now has over 100 million monthly active users including tens of thousands of enterprise clients, with subscription tiers ranging from $20 to $200 per month; the company was valued at $20 billion in September 2025 and had set an internal target of $656 million in ARR by end of 2026