AI answer engine with a Sonar API for grounded, cited web answers.
Category: Browser & Web · Type: Answer engine + search API · Website: https://www.perplexity.ai
Overview
Perplexity is a consumer 'answer engine' that searches the web and returns cited answers, and offers the Sonar API so developers can give agents the same real-time, grounded, source-attributed web answers programmatically.
Key Features
- Real-time web answers with citations
- Sonar API for developers/agents
- Multiple model backends
- Consumer apps plus API
Role in the Agentic AI Stack
Gives agents grounded, cited answers rather than raw links; overlaps with Exa and Tavily on the API side.
Part of Agentic AI Landscape → Browser & Web