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Perplexity

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Software Development San Francisco, California Watching 828 employees Updated as of Jul 18
The read

Net headcount fell by 6 (20 departures vs. 14 arrivals) over 90 days, even as the company signals enterprise ambitions with a VP-level hire in Enterprise AI Transformation and promotions of an internal security engineer to CISO and an engineering manager to Head of AI Acceleration. The Head of Support and an Engineering Team Lead both departed, while new hires include managers in Growth, Product, and Content. Engineering remains the dominant function at 227 people, continuing to absorb new headcount; inbound talent came from Amazon, Accenture, and Cerby (one each).

+0.7% of staff
Net headcount · 90d
+10
mostly Engineering
New hires · 90d
14
vs 14 hires
Departures · 90d
4
quiet
Leadership moves · 90d
0

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Hiring pace

New hires per month, last 12 months. 63 total hires.

0 joined
Sep 2025
0 joined
Oct 2025
0 joined
Nov 2025
0 joined
Dec 2025
0 joined
Jan 2026
0 joined
Feb 2026
2 joined
Mar 2026
20 joined
Apr 2026
27 joined
May 2026
14 joined
Jun 2026
0 joined
Jul 2026
0 joined
Aug 2026
12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.

  • 6 people joined Engineering Aggregate
  • 2 people joined Aggregate
  • 2 people joined Aggregate
  • 1 person joined Aggregate
  • 1 person left Aggregate
  • 1 person left Aggregate

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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.

Engineering +6
+2
+1
+1
+1

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Talent flow

Which companies Perplexity hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.

Recruiting from

Accenture+1
AITV+1
Amazon+1
Cerby+1
Civic Technologies+1
Forvis Mazars US+1

Departing to

GeeksforGeeks KIIT−1
Society for Aerospace and Space Technology−1

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