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🤖🔥 Perplexity AI's raised $1B, Google's Gemini Mixed Review, & Cursor's Series A Boost.

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Himanshu Maggu
August 23, 2024

Welcome back! This is The AI Takeover, read this daily so you don’t get left behind by AI! In todays newsletter:

- 🚨 💰 Perplexity AI to Introduce Ads After $1B Valuation
- 🚨📱Google’s Gemini AI Enhances Pixel 9 with Mixed Results
- 🚨 🚀 Cursor Secures Series A to Boost AI-Powered Coding IDE

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💰 Perplexity AI to Introduce Ads After $1B Valuation

Perplexity AI, an AI-assisted search startup, is set to introduce ads on its search app in Q4, following significant growth in usage. The company recently achieved a $1 billion valuation, reflecting its success and market potential. The decision to incorporate ads marks a strategic move to capitalize on its expanding user base and sustain its growth trajectory.

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📱Google’s Gemini AI Enhances Pixel 9 with Mixed Results

Google's Gemini AI, featured in the Pixel 9, offers task assistance, image editing, and screenshot management, but its performance as an assistant is mixed. Some Google Assistant features aren't fully integrated, leading to occasional glitches. Despite these issues, Gemini’s unique tools, like document summarization and creative photo "reimagining," provide intriguing benefits for Pixel users.

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🚀 Cursor Secures Series A to Boost AI-Powered Coding IDE

Cursor raised a Series A round to advance its AI-powered coding IDE, focusing on enhancing developer productivity and code quality. The funding will support further development of features, including intelligent code suggestions, real-time collaboration, and seamless integration with popular programming languages and frameworks. Cursor aims to create a more intuitive and efficient environment for developers working on complex coding projects.

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