Perplexity acquires the team behind Sequioa-backed AI design startup Visual Electric

Sequoia-backed AI plan startup Visual Electric said that it is joining hunt startup Perplexity today. The institution noted connected its tract that the squad would beryllium joining a caller Agent Experiences radical astatine Perplexity.

Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity’s CEO, confirmed the acquisition with a station connected X.

Deal presumption were not disclosed.

The startup said that arsenic portion of the transition, it volition unopen down Visual Electric arsenic a merchandise successful 90 days. It added that users volition beryllium capable to export their data, and subscribers volition get prorated refunds.

Visual Electric was founded successful 2022 by Colin Dunn, a erstwhile Facebook and Dropbox employee, Adam Menges, a erstwhile Apple employee, and Zach Stiggelbout, a erstwhile Microsoft engineer. The tool, aimed astatine designers, lets users make images utilizing AI and use edits connected an infinite canvas.

The thought was to person designers physique ideations and concepts implicit a whiteboard. Over time, the institution added enactment for video generation, arsenic well. The startup had raised $2.5 cardinal successful backing from Sequoia, BoxGroup, and Designer Fund.