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Perplexity Sonar

Developed by Perplexity

Modality: Text • Context: 128k • API-only
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Overview

Perplexity Sonar is Perplexity AI's search-optimized language model, powering the Perplexity search engine and available via API. It delivers answers with real-time citations, source customization, and blazing fast speeds powered by Cerebras inference infrastructure—achieving nearly 10x decoding throughput. It supports file attachments (PDF, DOC, DOCX) for document analysis and provides lightweight, affordable API access for developers building search-augmented applications.

Model Specifications

Provider: Perplexity
Modality / Type: Text
Pricing Model: API-only
Context Window: 128k
Release Date: Jan 15, 2024

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