Kunlun Wanwei CEO Responds to the Launch of Tiangong AI Search: A Product from a Different Dimension Compared to Traditional Search Engines


According to The Information, NVIDIA is planning to invest in AI search company Perplexity, with a valuation potentially exceeding $30 billion, which is more than 50% higher than the previous round of financing. Perplexity's annual revenue has increased from $250 million to over $750 million, more than doubling, partly due to the launch of the AI agent "Perplexity Computer," which can automatically perform multi-step tasks, and higher token consumption may further boost revenue.
Shopify believes that AI search has not eaten into traditional search, but has instead become a new engine for traffic and sales growth. Financial reports show that AI search has significantly boosted the performance of small and medium-sized merchants on the platform, driving overall traffic and sales to rise, offering a counterexample to the challenges of online publishing.
The popularity of AI search engines has created a critical demand for GEO, but service providers face two major pain points: first, the billing model based on effective indexing relies on manual reconciliation, which is inefficient and prone to disputes; second, the lack of standardized AI content and knowledge base tools leads to high costs per customer delivery.
The CEO of Booking warns that AI search threatens the survival of small hotels, pointing out that AI assistants such as Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT replace traditional search with a single recommendation, potentially exacerbating industry monopolies.
Perplexity has launched the "Perplexity Computer" agent tool, integrating 19 top AI models to enable automation of complex workflows. The tool dynamically calls different models for tasks, such as GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, etc., and supports features like file upload, online search, and code execution, marking its strategic shift from a search tool to a comprehensive computer user agent.