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@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ Perplexity API Terms of Service
 
 
 
-**Last updated: May 23, 2025**
+**Last updated: January 23, 2026**
 
 
 
 
 
-Thank you for choosing to use the Perplexity application programming interface (“API”) services (the “Services”). Please carefully read these Terms and Conditions (“Agreement”), which form a binding contract between the organization on whose behalf you are accessing or using the Services (“Customer”) and Perplexity AI, Inc. (“Perplexity”), before using the Services. **By accessing or using the Services you agree, on behalf of Customer, that Customer is bound by this Agreement.** 
+Thank you for choosing to use the Sonar by Perplexity and/or Agentic Research application programming interface (“API”) services (the “Services”). Please carefully read these Terms and Conditions (“Agreement”), which form a binding contract between the organization on whose behalf you are accessing or using the Services (“Customer”) and Perplexity AI, Inc. (“Perplexity”), before using the Services. **By accessing or using the Services you agree, on behalf of Customer, that Customer is bound by this Agreement.** 
 
 
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ If you have any questions about this Agreement, please contact Perplexity at [ap
 
 
 
-    2.6 **Third-Party Models.** The Services may utilize large language models and other models (“Third-Party Models”) developed and/or provided in whole or in part by third parties (“Third-Party Providers”). In addition to these Terms and Conditions, Third-Party Models are subject to the terms and policies (“Third-Party Terms”), listed at the end of the AUP (“Third-Party Models & Terms List”). Customer agrees to comply with Third-Party Terms, to the extent Customer uses the corresponding Third-Party Model via the Services, Customer acknowledges that Perplexity does not control the Third-Party Providers or their Third-Party Terms, and Customer therefore agrees that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary; (a) Perplexity may update the Third-Party Models & Terms List as necessary to accurately reflect all relevant Third-Party Terms (including if Perplexity adds new Third-Party Models to the Services subject to new Third-Party Terms); (b) any such updates, and any updates to the Third-Party Terms themselves, shall be effective on the date Customer is notified (or otherwise becomes aware) of the update; and (c) if Customer disagrees with any Third-Party Terms, Customer’s sole recourse is to (and Customer must) cease all use of the relevant Third-Party Model via the Services. 
+    2.6 **Third-Party Models.** The Services may utilize large language models and other models (“Third-Party Models”) developed and/or provided in whole or in part by third parties (“Third-Party Providers”). In addition to these Terms and Conditions, Third-Party Models are subject to the terms and policies (“Third-Party Terms”), listed at perplexity.ai/hub/legal/third-party-models (“Third-Party Models & Terms List”). Customer agrees to comply with Third-Party Terms, to the extent Customer uses the corresponding Third-Party Model via the Services, Customer acknowledges that Perplexity does not control the Third-Party Providers or their Third-Party Terms, and Customer therefore agrees that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary; (a) Perplexity may update the Third-Party Models & Terms List as necessary to accurately reflect all relevant Third-Party Terms (including if Perplexity adds new Third-Party Models to the Services subject to new Third-Party Terms); (b) any such updates, and any updates to the Third-Party Terms themselves, shall be effective on the date Customer is notified (or otherwise becomes aware) of the update; and (c) if Customer disagrees with any Third-Party Terms, Customer’s sole recourse is to (and Customer must) cease all use of the relevant Third-Party Model via the Services. 
 
 
 
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ If you have any questions about this Agreement, please contact Perplexity at [ap
 
 
 
-    9.2 **By Perplexity.** Perplexity agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Customer, its affiliates and licensors, and its and their directors, officers, employees, or agents, successors and assigns, from and against any liabilities, damages, interest, losses, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) to the extent arising out of a third-party claim alleging that the (i) Services, (ii) API Platform or (iii) Outputs provided to Customer infringe any third-party intellectual property right. This excludes claims to the extent arising from: (a) combination of any Services or Outputs with products, services, content, data or software not provided by Perplexity (including any Customer Application), or customization or modification thereof by any party other than Perplexity; (b)  Customer having insufficient rights in the relevant Input; (c) Customer’s specific use of the Output (where the Output as provided by Perplexity is not itself infringing); or (d) Customer’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of this Agreement. If Perplexity reasonably believes that all or any portion of the Services is likely to become the subject of any infringement claim, Perplexity may (x) procure, at its expense, the right for you to continue using the Services in accordance with this Agreement, (y) replace or modify the allegedly infringing Service so it is non-infringing, or (z), if (x) and (y) are not commercially practicable, terminate this Agreement upon written notice and refund any prepaid amounts for unused Services. Customer shall promptly comply with all reasonable instructions Perplexity provides with respect to (x) and (y) above.
+    9.2 **By Perplexity.** Perplexity agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Customer, its affiliates and licensors, and its and their directors, officers, employees, or agents, successors and assigns, from and against any liabilities, damages, interest, losses, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) to the extent arising out of a third-party claim alleging that the (i) Services, (ii) API Platform or (iii) Outputs provided to Customer infringe any third-party intellectual property right. This excludes claims to the extent arising from: (a) combination of any Services or Outputs with products, services, content, data or software not provided by Perplexity (including any Customer Application), or customization or modification thereof by any party other than Perplexity; (b)  Customer having insufficient rights in the relevant Input; (c) Customer’s specific use of the Output (where the Output as provided by Perplexity is not itself infringing); or (d) Customer’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of this Agreement. If Perplexity reasonably believes that all or any portion of the Services is likely to become the subject of any infringement claim, Perplexity may (x) procure, at its expense, the right for Customer to continue using the Services in accordance with this Agreement, (y) replace or modify the allegedly infringing Service so it is non-infringing, or (z), if (x) and (y) are not commercially practicable, terminate this Agreement upon written notice and refund any prepaid amounts for unused Services. Customer shall promptly comply with all reasonable instructions Perplexity provides with respect to (x) and (y) above.
 
 
 
-    9.3 **Indemnification Procedure.** A party seeking indemnification under this Section 9 shall (i) provide the indemnifying party with prompt written notice upon becoming aware of any relevant claim, (ii) reasonably cooperate in the defense of or investigation of the claim (including preserving and sharing the applicable Customer Content), and (iii) allow the indemnifying party sole control of defense and settlement of the claim, provided that the party seeking indemnification is entitled to participate in its own defense at its sole expense. The indemnifying party shall not enter into any settlement or compromise of any claim without prior written consent of the other party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, except that the indemnifying party may without consent enter into any settlement of a claim that resolves the claim without liability to the other party, impairment to any of the other party’s rights, or requiring the other party to make any admission of liability. The remedies in this Section 9 are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedies for the third-party claims described at Section 9.1(i) and (ii).
+    9.3 **Indemnification Procedure.** A party seeking indemnification under this Section 9 shall (i) provide the indemnifying party with prompt written notice upon becoming aware of any relevant claim, (ii) reasonably cooperate in the defense of or investigation of the claim (including preserving and sharing the applicable Customer Content), and (iii) allow the indemnifying party sole control of defense and settlement of the claim, provided that the party seeking indemnification is entitled to participate in its own defense at its sole expense. The indemnifying party shall not enter into any settlement or compromise of any claim without prior written consent of the other party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, except that the indemnifying party may without consent enter into any settlement of a claim that resolves the claim without liability to the other party, impairment to any of the other party’s rights, or requiring the other party to make any admission of liability. The remedies in this Section 9 are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedies for the third-party claims described at Section 9.2(i) and (ii).