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April 2, 2026
Welcoming Carbon to the Perplexity Team
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models.

TL;DR
- Perplexity has acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine.
- Carbon connects external data sources to large language models.
- The integration will allow users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs to Perplexity.
- The goal is for Perplexity to research and synthesize information from diverse user-specific data sources.
- This acquisition aims to enhance Perplexity's answer engine and user experience.
- Perplexity experienced significant growth in 2024, launching Enterprise Pro and new features.
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