“Customer hereby authorizes Perplexity to automatically charge Fees using the payment information provided to Perplexity.”
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The automatic charge authorization means fees can be collected without any additional approval step from the customer at the time of billing.
Customers grant Perplexity AI the right to charge fees automatically, without requiring further confirmation, using whatever payment information was submitted.
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In the event of a failed attempt to charge to your primary payment method (e.g. if your payment method has expired), we reserve the right to retry billing your payment method or, where you have consented, to use any other stored payment method associated with your account.
"Customer hereby authorizes Perplexity to automatically charge Fees using the payment information provided to Perplexity.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service
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The automatic charge authorization means fees can be collected without any additional approval step from the customer at the time of billing.
Customers grant Perplexity AI the right to charge fees automatically, without requiring further confirmation, using whatever payment information was submitted.
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