Perplexity partners with PayPal for in-chat shopping as AI race heats up

"Perplexity wants to be wherever users are asking questions and making decisions," said Ryan Foutty, Perplexity’s vice president of business. "Our vision for assistive AI is that everything just gets better and easier for people — wherever they are and however they prefer to make decisions." Payments will be completed in the chat with PayPal or Venmo, and PayPal will handle processing, shipping, tracking, and invoicing. Purchases will be completed with one click, with the help of the payment company's passkey checkout. The company said on Wednesday that it's partnering with PayPal to let users make purchases directly in chat. U.S. customers will soon be able to book travel, buy products, and secure concert tickets without leaving the platform. Perplexity is extending its bet on chat-powered shopping, aiming to stand out in the crowded generative artificial intelligence market against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google . Perplexity jumped into e-commerce last year, adding a shopping feat ... Read full article.