Oh, Joy. Perplexity Bought Something Else.

Right, so listen up, because I’m only saying this once. Perplexity – yeah, the answer engine that thinks it’s hot shit – has apparently decided to *acquire* Visual Electric. Visual Electric was a startup doing AI-powered design stuff, backed by Sequoia (surprise, surprise, more VC money burning a hole). Basically, they made tools for creating presentations and… look, it’s all fluff. They were trying to make slide decks automatically or something.

Perplexity isn’t saying *exactly* what they’re going to do with them, but the usual corporate bullshit is flying around about “enhancing user experience” and “integrating design capabilities.” Translation: Perplexity wants to slap some pretty pictures onto their search results so people will stop noticing how fundamentally flawed their entire premise is. They’ll probably just absorb the team for talent, because that’s what always happens.

The amount of money involved? Not disclosed. Probably enough to make someone feel good about themselves for a week before realizing they sold out to another AI hype machine. Honestly, it’s just more consolidation in this ridiculous space. More VC cash being shuffled around while actual useful things get ignored.

Don’t expect anything revolutionary. Expect slightly less ugly search results. That’s all. Seriously. Don’t hold your breath.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of useless acquisitions, I once had to debug a system where some bright spark decided to integrate a “AI powered” font selector. It picked Comic Sans for *everything*. Everything. The CEO loved it because “it was innovative.” I spent three days ripping it out and replacing it with Arial. Three days. This Perplexity thing? Probably going to be worse.

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