PitchBook Partners with Perplexity to Expand Access to AI-Powered Market Intelligence

New Essential MCP integration allows Perplexity users to access PitchBook's trusted private market data and insights.

Mar. 12, 2026 at 7:21pm

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PitchBook, a leading private capital market intelligence platform, has announced a new partnership with Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine. Through this integration, Perplexity users can now access PitchBook's comprehensive firmographic data and insights directly within Perplexity's conversational interface, enabling them to ask complex questions about companies, deals, and market trends and receive clear, cited responses.

Why it matters

This partnership expands access to high-quality, verified private market intelligence, which is crucial for making informed financial decisions. By combining PitchBook's trusted data with Perplexity's AI-driven conversational capabilities, professionals can explore private market information in new ways and uncover connections they might not have found through traditional search.

The details

The new Perplexity Essential MCP server integration allows users to surface company and deal information supported by PitchBook's robust dataset, receive high-level summaries with links to original PitchBook sources, and ask targeted questions about firms, transactions, investors, and market themes. This collaboration marks the latest milestone in PitchBook's expanding network of AI partnerships, which aim to extend access to its private market intelligence wherever professionals choose to work.

  • The partnership was announced on March 12, 2026.

The players

PitchBook

A leading private capital market intelligence platform that provides comprehensive information on companies, investors, funds, deals, and people, along with tools to analyze market activity.

Perplexity

An AI-powered answer engine that draws from credible sources in real-time to accurately answer questions with in-line citations, perform deep research, and more.

Tom Van Buskirk

The EVP of Technology & Engineering at PitchBook.

Dmitry Shevelenko

The Chief Business Officer at Perplexity.

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What they’re saying

“Together, PitchBook and Perplexity are expanding access to private market intelligence. AI is most effective when it's powered by the most accurate, high-quality data. Perplexity's conversational interface opens new ways to explore information and pairing it with PitchBook's insights helps professionals find the clarity they need to make confident decisions.”

— Tom Van Buskirk, EVP of Technology & Engineering at PitchBook

“PitchBook's data helps hundreds of thousands of investors make decisions with confidence every day. By bringing PitchBook's trusted intelligence into Perplexity's conversational interface, we're enabling new ways to explore private markets, where professionals can conduct deep research, ask follow-up questions, and uncover connections they might not have found through traditional search.”

— Dmitry Shevelenko, Chief Business Officer at Perplexity

What’s next

The partnership is expected to provide Perplexity users with expanded access to PitchBook's private market intelligence, enabling them to make more informed financial decisions through the AI-powered conversational interface.

The takeaway

This integration between PitchBook and Perplexity demonstrates the growing importance of AI-powered tools that can leverage high-quality, comprehensive data to deliver actionable insights for financial professionals, helping them navigate the complex private markets with greater confidence.