US government strikes first-of-its-kind AI deal with Perplexity

EXCLUSIVE: The General Services Administration struck a deal with Perplexity AI to offer the company's artificial intelligence services to every government agency for 25 cents each, making it its 21st contract under the OneGov initiative.The deal is the first of its kind, under the initiative to modernize how the government purchases goods and services, to offer a direct-to-consumer product for federal agencies. Previous deals the supply-side agency has made historically were through middle-man agencies, which help resell contracts to the government at a higher cost.Perplexity’s AI services wi