Perplexity AI WhatsApp bot returns online: Here is why it was taken down

Perplexity Chief Executive Aravind Srinivas announced on X that the WhatsApp bot had resumed operations after a temporary shutdown due to a significant rise in user activity. Earlier, Srinivas had stated that the volume of incoming queries “is far beyond anything we anticipated,” which led the team to pause the service to scale its infrastructure. Approximately three hours after his initial post, he confirmed the resumption of services.