Perplexity’s CEO, Aravind Srinivas, tells CNBC that the company plans to pursue an initial public offering in 2028 regardless of what happens with the IPO plans of OpenAI and Anthropic. The remarks come as both rivals move toward public listings: Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO in the United States, and OpenAI also confidentially filed earlier this week, according to the reports summarized by multiple outlets. Several sources frame Perplexity’s stance as “agnostic” to OpenAI and Anthropic’s timing, emphasizing that its own planned timeline does not change. One report also notes that investors may look to broader IPO activity in the AI and technology sector for signals, including recent public-market developments, but Perplexity’s CEO maintains that the company’s target year remains 2028. Across the articles, the core points are that Perplexity is sticking with its longer-term public listing plan and that the IPO momentum of OpenAI and Anthropic is not expected to alter its schedule.