Home Emerging Tech News Perplexity is no longer sliding into Snapchat chats Unsplash Snapchat’s planned Perplexity integration is no longer happening. Snap revealed in its Q1 2026 investor letter that both companies “amicably ended the relationship in Q1,” ending a $400 million cash-and-equity deal announced last November . The deal would have brought Perplexity’s AI answering engine directly into Snapchat’s Chat interface. Users would have been able to ask questions and get conversational, source-backed answers without leaving the app. Snap had earlier said the partnership would begin contributing to revenue in 2026, but its latest sales guidance now assumes no contribution from Perplexity. Bastian Riccardi / Pexels Do users need AI search inside every chat app? The cancellation comes at a time when tech companies are putting AI assistants across their apps. Meta has added Meta AI to WhatsApp , Instagram, Facebook , and Messenger.…