Perplexity has acquired the Visual Electric team, and will fold them into a new Agent Experiences group. They plan to shut down Visual Electric as a standalone product within 90 days, offering data export and prorated refunds to users.
Visual Electric was founded in 2022 by Colin Dunn, Adam Menges, and Zach Stiggelbout, with backing from Sequoia, BoxGroup, and Designer Fund. The platform allowed designers to generate and edit images via AI on an infinite canvas, also expanding into video generation.
Key Points:
- The acquisition includes team, talent, and vision, not the product as-is.
- The Visual Electric product will be decommissioned, giving users a 90-day window for export and refund.
- This move integrates Visual Electric’s capabilities directly into Perplexity’s roadmap, particularly for agent-based consumer experiences.
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