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Perplexity holds 80,561 leased square feet in San Francisco on the public record

Perplexity has 2 San Francisco locations as of October 2026, 2 of them in Financial District/South Beach. 1 has a published size; the other 1 count as zero, so the total is a minimum. Rank 12 of 47 by observed square feet.

Leased square feet where public
80,561
Locations, October 2026
2
First recorded presence
July 2024
Rank by observed SF
12 of 47

Footprint

Observed square feet held, month by month

The line steps up when a deal is reported and steps down when a location's registration closes. The first deal with a public figure is a sublease of 80,561 square feet at 181 Fremont Street, reported in March 2026.

Exhibit 1 Perplexity: observed square feet in San Francisco, monthly from January 2019

Source: DataSF business registrations and DBI permits, SEC filings, press. Observed square feet only. Logos are trademarks of their owners.

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FromObserved SF
January 20190
March 202680,561

Locations

Perplexity’s San Francisco locations, October 2026

Current locations
AddressNeighborhoodRecorded fromObserved SFTypeMapSources
181 Fremont Street Financial District/South Beach March 2026 80,561 Sublease On the map Link
115 Sansome Street Financial District/South Beach July 2024 No public figure On the map

Source: DataSF business registrations and DBI permits, SEC filings, press. Observed square feet only. "Recorded from" is the date of the registration or the press report of a signing, not a move-in date.

Lease tape

Leases and subleases with public square feet

Square feet as each source states them. An expansion that restates a location's total shows as a second row at the same address.

Deals reported for Perplexity
ReportedAddressTypeSFPrior occupantSource
March 2026181 Fremont StreetSublease80,561Meta PlatformsLink

Who replaced whom

Space that changed hands

  • Perplexity took 80,561 square feet at 181 Fremont Street that Meta Platforms held (sublease, March 2026). Source

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