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Perplexity MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
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Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

No public evidence identified of a Perplexity contract, tender award, framework agreement, or memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD), Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Prison Service, Border Police, or another Israeli security body in the reviewed official, company, filing, media-investigation, and database materials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Perplexity has publicly announced a partnership serving United States federal agencies, but that announcement does not evidence an Israeli defence or security contract 7.

The Israeli MOD’s Defence Procurement Directorate describes its procurement function, but the reviewed material did not supply a target-named procurement record for Perplexity 2.

The January 2025 Israeli MOD announcement establishing an AI and Autonomy Administration describes military AI development with the IDF and civilian technology ecosystem, but does not identify Perplexity as a partner, supplier, or participant 3.

An Associated Press investigation published in February 2025 discusses Microsoft, OpenAI through Azure, Google, and Amazon in relation to commercial AI and cloud use by Israeli forces; Perplexity is not mentioned in that specific investigation 5.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Perplexity describes its Secure Intelligence Institute as research concerning the security, privacy, safety, and practical defence of frontier AI systems 1.

That announcement does not identify a tactical product, kinetic-targeting output, Israeli customer, Israeli security end user, or designed output that produces targeting decisions or weapons effects 1.

Perplexity’s 2023 SEC Form D classifies the issuer as “Other Technology” and does not describe defence, tactical, ruggedised, mil-spec, targeting, fire-control, or weapons-integration products 8.

No public evidence identified of Perplexity marketing ruggedised, tactical, defence-grade, or purpose-built weapons-effect products to Israeli forces 1, 8.

No public evidence identified of Israeli export-licence applications, end-user certificates, or export-control decisions concerning Perplexity products for Israeli military or security users 1, 2, 3, 8.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

No public evidence identified that Perplexity equipment, vehicles, machinery, or services were used for settlement construction, demolitions, the separation barrier, checkpoints, military construction, or other occupied-territory infrastructure in the reviewed UN, NGO, and database materials 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

No public evidence identified of Perplexity construction, maintenance, engineering, or logistics contracts for Israeli military or settlement infrastructure 2, 9, 10, 11, 12.

The OHCHR settlement-business database and the cited civil-society reports support only document-specific or database-specific absence findings; they do not establish that no relevant activity exists outside the checked editions and materials 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

No public evidence identified of Perplexity supplying components, software subsystems, manufacturing services, joint development, co-production, or technology-transfer arrangements to Elbit, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, IMI/Elbit Land, or another named Israeli defence prime 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11.

The available corporate filing identifies a technology issuer and a financing event, but does not identify defence-prime supply-chain relationships or weapons-related business lines 8.

The Israeli MOD AI and Autonomy Administration announcement does not name Perplexity among the civilian-technology participants discussed in that document 3.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

No public evidence identified of Perplexity providing transport, facilities, telecommunications, catering, fuel, waste, freight, port handling, maintenance, or other sustainment services to Israeli military or security installations 1, 2, 5, 8, 13.

No public evidence identified of Perplexity service activity at installations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights, or Negev in the reviewed materials 9, 10, 12, 13.

The company’s public profile lists San Francisco as its primary location, while a March 2026 federal complaint alleges that Perplexity AI, Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at the same San Francisco address 15, 16.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified that Perplexity manufactures, integrates, maintains, or supplies lethal weapons platforms, munitions, missile-defence systems, fire-control systems, targeting systems, guidance systems, strategic defence platforms, or other critical weapons subsystems for Israeli forces 1, 3, 8, 11.

Perplexity’s public security-related initiative is described as general frontier-AI security research rather than as a weapons system or targeting capability 1.

The 2023 Form D does not identify a weapons-related business line 8.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

No public evidence identified of an export-licence grant, denial, suspension, end-user approval, sanctions-enforcement action, arms-embargo investigation, or judicial proceeding concerning a Perplexity defence-supply relationship with Israel 1, 2, 3, 8, 11.

Perplexity’s Terms of Service identify the service provider as Perplexity AI, Inc. and cover its website, Labs site, answer engine, mobile application, and related services 17.

Perplexity’s Privacy Notice refers collectively to Perplexity AI, Inc. and its affiliates as “Perplexity,” but does not name affiliates or specify their jurisdictions, ownership, or functions 18.

UK Companies House records show a separate Perplexity AI Ltd filing history, but the reviewed materials do not establish its operational relationship to Perplexity AI, Inc. 19.

The March 2026 complaint is a party allegation rather than an independently retrieved state-registration record 16.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

Perplexity was not named in the supplied full-text checks of the Albanese A/HRC/59/23 report, the 2023 OHCHR settlement-business database, PAX’s June 2024 report, or Al-Haq’s July 2024 report 9, 10, 11, 12.

The same review records document-scoped absence findings for specified Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, BankTrack, BDS, KLP, and Who Profits materials, rather than a conclusion about each organisation’s complete database or publication history 9, 10.

AFSC’s published Occupations database returned no match for “Perplexity,” while AFSC states that its database is selective and not a complete list of companies doing business in Israel 13.

No public evidence identified in the checked materials of an organised boycott, divestment action, institutional exclusion, or corporate response specifically tied to Perplexity’s Israeli defence-sector activity 9, 10, 11, 12.

The April 2023 Form D identifies Aravind Lakshminarayanan Srinivas and Andrew D. Konwinski as executive officers, directors, and promoters; Pieter Abbeel, Dzianis Yarats, and Peter Sonsini as directors; and Srinivas as CEO and signatory at the filing date 8.

That Form D reports a $28,821,948 equity offering sold to 27 investors, but does not identify the investors, ownership percentages, beneficial owners, political contributions, foundations, Israeli defence holdings, or Israel-related charitable grants 8.

Latham & Watkins reported advising Perplexity on a US$62.7 million Series B financing announced in April 2024, naming Daniel Gross as lead investor and several additional individual and institutional participants, while not disclosing ownership percentages, voting rights, board seats, or beneficial ownership 20.

Andy Konwinski publicly describes himself as a Perplexity co-founder, early investor, and founding President 21.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.perplexity.ai/secure-intelligence-institute ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  2. https://mod.gov.il/en/departments/defense-procurement-directorate-dpd ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. https://mod.gov.il/en/press-releases/press-room/israel-mod-establishes-ai-and-autonomy-administration ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  4. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1972171/000156761923005521/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml ↩

  5. https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-ai-technology-737bc17af7b03e98c29cec4e15d0f108 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  6. https://investigate.afsc.org/occupations ↩

  7. https://www.perplexity.ai/en-GB/hub/blog/announcing-our-partnership-with-the-united-states-government ↩

  8. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1972171/000156761923005521/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  9. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session59/advance-versions/a-hrc-59-23-aev.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  10. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session53/advance-versions/A_HRC_53_22_AUV.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  11. https://paxforpeace.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Companies-Arming-Israel-and-Their-Financiers.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  12. https://www.alhaq.org/cached_uploads/download/2024/07/23/business-and-human-rights-report-1721723644.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  13. https://investigate.afsc.org/occupations ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  14. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4091616?ln=en ↩

  15. https://www.linkedin.com/company/perplexity-ai ↩

  16. https://ppc.land/content/files/2026/04/Doe-v-Perplexity-Complaint-3-31-26.pdf ↩ ↩2

  17. https://www.perplexity.ai/fr/hub/legal/terms-of-service ↩

  18. https://www.perplexity.ai/fr/hub/legal/privacy-notice ↩

  19. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15470377/filing-history ↩

  20. https://www.lw.com/en/news/latham-watkins-advises-perplexity-ai-in-us62-7-million-series-b-funding-round ↩

  21. https://andykonwinski.com/about/ ↩