Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social networking platform for professionals

Read.cva social networking site for professionals that competes with LinkedIn, was discovered by an AI-powered search engine Mental confusion.

As part of the agreement, Read.cv will begin suspending operations on Friday. Users will be able to submit their data, including their profiles, notes, and messages, until May 16.

“We have admired Perplexity for a long time and believe that great things happen when the world’s information is open and accessible,” it said in a post on Read.cv’s. blog. “In that spirit, we’re excited to join the design and engineering team at Perplexity to continue our mission of sharing and exploring.”

Today I am happy to share them @verengani_cv He is joining the team @kudodoma_ai in their mission to make world knowledge accessible to everyone. This is very painful for us, because the beginning of this new chapter will be the end of our time @verengani_cv.

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— andy chung (@_andychung) January 17, 2025

A spokesperson for Perplexity confirmed the availability to TechCrunch via email, but did not provide details.

“We are excited to have the Read.cv team join Perplexity,” Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas wrote in a post on X. “This team is very capable of designing and creating great consumer and development experiences and we look forward to working with them in many exciting new ways!”

Read.cv, founded in 2021 by Andy Chung, a former product developer at Facebook, Mozilla, and Quip owned by Salesforce, offered a number of tools that allowed users to share their resumes and interact with other professionals in their industries. Read.cv also provided organizational management capabilities, such as group profiles and the ability to post job listings and search for candidates.

Recently, Read.cv launched Pages, a feature that allows users to publish their website using their Read.cv profile. Users can get a “.cv” domain from Read.cv and link it to their profile, if they want.

Read.cv says it plans to transfer “.cv” domains from January 31 to its partners at Hello.cv, where users will be able to continue monitoring.

Perplexity targets West Berkeley-based Read.cv, which had about three employees and was powered by funding from F7 Ventures and Fanjul Capital, undisclosed. But Perplexity invested heavily in company-focused projects last summer to initiate business plan with user management, “the search for inner knowledge,” and more.

The move could be part of a string of VCs backing Perplexity, who are no doubt eager to see a return soon. Confusion has occurred he says has raised more than $500 million from investors, including Institutional Venture Partners, and is valued at $9 billion.

Read.cv is Perplexity’s third acquisition following its acquisition Airwhich works by connecting AI systems to external data sources. In 2023, Confusion found Spellwise, whose CEO was brought in to develop the Perplexity mobile app.

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