Pentagon AI Official Emil Michael Sold Perplexity Shares, Filings Show

Emil Michael, a senior Pentagon artificial intelligence official, exited his position in Perplexity during the summer, according to his latest financial disclosures. The filings detail a sale of millions of dollars’ worth of stock in the AI search company. Michael had also sold shares in xAI in January, a transaction that was reportedly valued at as much as $24 million. The disclosures provide a look at Michael’s recent transactions involving private artificial-intelligence companies while he serves in government. The Perplexity sale and the earlier xAI transaction were reported by Decrypt based on his financial filings. The documents do not, in the supplied information, specify the exact number of Perplexity shares sold or the precise value of the summer transaction.