Federal contractor · SAN FRANCISCO, CA

PERPLEXITY AI, INC

PERPLEXITY AI, INC received $1.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($1.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.6M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
94%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$1.5M94%
    1 awards
  2. U.S. International Development Finance Corporation$100K6.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$1.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$1.6M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition94%
    US 39% · $1.5M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions94%
    US 8.8% · $1.5M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. PERPLEXITY TOKENS AND LICENSES$1.5M
    Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 15, 2026· 47QACA26F0268
  2. PERPLEXITY AI SEARCH 28.6 MILLION QUERIES 30% ONEGOV DISCOUNT$100K
    U.S. International Development Finance Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· 77344426F0077

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. CLOUDFLARE, INC.$1.5M−0.4% in FY2026
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  2. SPECIAL AEROSPACE SECURITY SERVICES, INC.$3.6M+225% in FY2026
    LEESBURG, VA · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  3. INNOVATIVE DISCOVERY, LLC$3.6M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 2 entities · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Data processing, hosting, and related services

Showing the top 3 of 23 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.