Introducing Perplexity for Government

Today, we are announcing Perplexity for Government, an initiative that centralizes and expands our efforts to serve those who serve America.

Perplexity’s mission is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that delivers universal access to reliable knowledge. Millions of people and thousands of enterprises rely on Perplexity to conduct research, organize knowledge, and interact with the world around them. Nowhere are these needs more pressing than the public sector, where dedicated public servants increasingly rely on frontier AI technologies to serve citizens and advance the national interest.

Perplexity is proud to already serve thousands of U.S. federal employees each day. Among our own ranks are alumni of multiple branches and levels of government, who bring a rich understanding of agency missions to our engineering and policy teams. Through the AI Action Plan, OMB’s M-25-21 and M-25-22, and other executive actions, the Trump Administration has issued a bold call to action for government and industry to shape the future of public sector AI. We are answering that call with two new programs:

• First, all federal users of Perplexity will benefit from access to the most powerful AI models available today. Such use will be secure-by-default, with automatic enforcement of zero data usage protections. These benefits apply across all agencies and components starting today—no contract or paid subscription needed.

• Second, we are announcing Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government, a custom offering of Perplexity’s best-in-class enterprise AI platform relied upon by America’s leading companies. Our offering will bring the benefits of Enterprise Pro to government agencies at a nominal cost of $0.25 and adapted to agencies’ unique needs.

Empowering and Securing America’s Agencies with Secure-By-Default AI

Today, most AI use within government is facilitated not through subscription-based products, but rather via publicly available web tools. These tools—whether integrated into search engines or accessed through dedicated websites—generally offer middling capabilities months to years behind the current AI frontier. Even more concerningly, these public tools offer scant protection for agency data. When federal users interact with these tools, their interactions are typically reused by the developer for model training and other undisclosed purposes.

Perplexity believes that America's government deserves frontier AI capabilities that are secure by default—not by discretion. Starting today, Perplexity will automatically enforce zero data usage on all requests that we identify as originating from a U.S. government agency. Data from these requests will not be retained for training, improving, or evaluating AI models. These protections will apply to both logged in and logged out requests. In addition, we will automatically uplift all identified U.S. government requests to our most advanced models and product capabilities. We use a portfolio of technical measures to identify qualifying requests. To make these measures even more robust, agencies can submit additional network ranges to ensure full coverage.

There is no Perplexity subscription required to enforce these safeguards—we are an American AI company and proud to do our part.

Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government

Perplexity is proud to offer a best-in-class enterprise AI platform: Perplexity Enterprise Pro. With Enterprise Pro, organizations are unleashing the full potential of their teams through secure AI that seamlessly integrates with their institutional knowledge. Importantly, Enterprise Pro offers a comprehensive suite of frontier AI models developed by Perplexity and third-party model developers. This approach empowers organizations with maximum optionality and derisks their AI strategies from shortcomings as to any individual model or provider.

We are announcing Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government, which will bring our platform to U.S. government agencies through a custom edition adapted to their unique requirements. Pursuant to GSA’s OneGov strategy, we are in active discussions with federal officials to offer Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government through government-wide vehicles such as the Multiple Award Schedule, at $0.25 per agency for the first 15 months.

Our Commitment to America

Perplexity for Government represents our enduring commitment to America’s success. We’re proud to step up for our nation by offering the only publicly available AI tool that is secure-by-default for federal use, along with a powerful enterprise offering that eliminates the risks of a single-model approach. We’re excited about the AI opportunities that lie ahead for public sector AI and we will have even more to announce in the coming months.

Please visit our US Government hub or contact usgov@perplexity.ai to learn more about how we’re serving those who serve.