Perplexity’s new Finance feature will soon track holdings of Indian politicians

Perplexity has introduced a new feature in order to track insider trading and politician holdings through the ‘Finance’ feature available on its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool. The company’s CEO, Aravind Srinivas, also announced that soon users will be able to see and track the trading done by Indian politicians. Much of the data on politicians’ financial holdings is already made public through regulatory filings. Even in India, politicians and lawmakers are required to declare their assets and holdings.

Interest in the new feature intensified after Aravind Srinivas addressed a question about tracking Indian politicians' investments. Srinivas directly stated, "Holdings of Indian politicians coming in a few weeks." The new tool is expected to function similarly to its US version, where users are able to search for politicians' equity positions by company or by politician, supporting calls for greater transparency in public life.

The platform presently allows users to check both the holdings and recent trading activities of American politicians, referencing financial disclosure filings from US government ethics bodies. In the US, a company search shows which politicians hold shares, while a direct search surfaces a politician's trading behaviour across multiple firms. Perplexity Finance's Indian rollout is expected to use public documents such as annual asset declarations, election affidavits, and financial disclosures mandated by regulatory acts.