According to Crunchbase [0], Perplexity has raised over $100M.

You built this in your spare time?

The following things jump out to me:

- How much a hype cycle invites insane amounts of money - How trash the entire VC world is during a hype cycle - What an amazing thing ingenuity and passion are

Great job!

0 - https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/perplexity-ai