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Dear Reddit community,

You might’ve read Perplexity was named in a lawsuit filed by Reddit this morning. We know companies usually dodge questions during lawsuits, but we’d rather be up front. 

Perplexity believes this is a sad example of what happens when public data becomes a big part of a public company’s business model.  

Selling access to training data is an increasingly important revenue stream for Reddit, especially now that model makers are cutting back on deals with Reddit or walking away completely. (A trend Reddit has acknowledged in recent earnings reports). 

So, why sue Perplexity? Our guess: it’s about a show of force in Reddit’s training data negotiations with Google and O

r/ChatGPT will be hosting an AMA with Aravind Srinivas, co‑founder and CEO of Perplexity, and Leonid Persiantsev, product lead for Comet, on Wednesday, July 16 at 11 AM PT.

They’ll be answering questions about Comet, our new agentic browser.

About Comet:

Comet is Perplexity's AI-native browser that lets you search, reason, and take action across the web - all from a single interface. It can instantly summarize, translate, and explain content, and even help with tasks like booking appointments, comparing products, filling out forms, or drafting emails - just by asking in natural language. Currently available to Perplexity Max users and invited testers.

Hi all,

We've noticed unauthorized distribution of some promotional codes and wanted to address this situation transparently with our community.

Over the weekend, we detected promotional codes being shared widely across social media that were explicitly meant for specific partners. We've now deactivated those codes and are actively investigating how to resolve this as quickly as possible, which includes disabling unauthorized access to Pro.

When we make promotional codes available, we require these codes to be used by the designated participant for its intended purpose. Promo codes should not be duplicated or made generally available to the public, which appears to have occurred in this i