2026-10-07 # Perplexity ships two-tier embedding models, one scoring 92.4% on MADQA Correction, Oct 8, 2026. Headline used the banned verb 'unveils'; replaced with 'ships'. No facts changed. Perplexity AI released pplx-embed-v2-late, a pair of embedding models comprising a 0.6B-parameter edge model and a 9B-parameter model, with the company saying the larger model scores 92.4% on the MADQA benchmark, per marktechpost.com. ## Why it matters Dual sizing suggests Perplexity is chasing both lightweight and high-accuracy retrieval markets. Source. [marktechpost.com](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/07/perplexity-ai-releases-pplx-embed-v2-late-a-0-6b-edge-model-and-a-9b-model-scoring-92-4-on-madqa/?amp\=1) ## TRACE - First seen Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM PT - Published Oct 8, 2026, 9:04 AM PT, 10.1 h after first seen - Source marktechpost.com (Press) [SOTO home](https://signalsoftomorrow.com/)