GSA, Perplexity ink first direct-to-government OneGov deal

Under a new agreement, federal agencies can access Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government through a direct contract on the General Services Administration’s Multiple-Award Schedule.

The General Services Administration on Wednesday announced its first direct OneGov agreement with frontier AI firm Perplexity that will significantly discount its enterprise-grade AI capabilities for federal agencies.

Through the first-of-its-kind agreement, users across federal agencies can access Perplexity Enterprise Pro for Government for $0.25 per agency over an 18-month term through a direct contract on GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule.

Perplexity’s deal with GSA is unique among the more than one dozen prior OneGov agreements GSA has struck with leading tech firms. Perplexity’s position on the GSA MAS IT Schedule now allows it to sell directly to government customers without a reseller or third party, in line with both the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan and its OneGov strategy, which ...