Dmitry Shevelenko

Perplexity: Hybrid Inference, ARR Surge & the SMB Play (Dmitry Shevelenko)

Dmitry Shevelenko, CBO of Perplexity, breaks down the newly announced hybrid agentic inference orchestrator with Intel, which load-balances compute between local devices and the cloud for cost, security, and performance. He attributes Perplexity's jump from ~$450M to $500M+ ARR to usage-based billing on its agentic product — including one user now paying $100K a year — plus an upcoming SBA small-business partnership. He also covers Perplexity Finance's credibility with finance professionals, why the C-suite is the most engaged user cohort, and why small businesses reached through the consumer funnel will drive the future of business.

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