Perplexity CEO Tells CNBC Company Plans 2028 IPO Regardless of OpenAI or Anthropic Listing Outcomes

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told CNBC the AI search company has been targeting a 2028 public offering and that timeline is fixed independent of how markets respond to OpenAI's or Anthropic's forthcoming listings, quoting: 'Agnostic of these two companies, we were planning for something in 2028 so that still remains the case.' Srinivas said the outcome of SpaceX's IPO this week would be a leading indicator for how AI-lab listings will be received by public markets. The statement adds Perplexity to the expanding near-term AI IPO queue alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX, though at a longer horizon than its peers.