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www.perplexity.ai
classified as first-party · 2
What our research panel found AI-drafted · human-reviewed
We ask several independent AI models the same question and publish their answers separately — cross-vendor agreement is evidence against fabrication, and disagreement is worth seeing. 3 of 3 models answered, overall confidence high. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
The domain matches the app's own brand and reverse-domain bundle identifier (ai.perplexity.app), so it is almost certainly the app's own backend endpoint rather than a third-party service. A first-party API contact is inherent to the app's function and the traffic alone does not reveal what data is sent, so no undisclosed flow can be established from what is provided.
OpenAI — first-party
The domain matches the app's Perplexity branding and most likely serves the app's own service. No information is provided about what data was transmitted, so an undisclosed data flow cannot be determined.
Google Gemini — first-party
www.perplexity.ai is the main first-party domain for the Perplexity AI application. Contacting the primary first-party service endpoint does not inherently imply undisclosed data collection without further evidence.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ai.perplexity.app | — | 4 | 4 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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