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Aravind Srinivas
Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder and chief executive of Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine he co-founded in 2022. Born in Chennai and holding a PhD in computer science from UC Berkeley, he previously worked as a research scientist at OpenAI, Google and DeepMind.
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Perplexity opens Comet browser free to everyone worldwide
Comet dropped its Max-subscription requirement and waitlist, three months after a limited July launch drew a waitlist Perplexity said reached millions.
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Perplexity raises $100M, reaches $18B valuation
Perplexity closes a $100M round at an $18B valuation, up from $14B months earlier, as ARR approaches $200M.
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Perplexity launches Ask, its answer engine
Answers came in prose with inline numbered citations to sources, distinguishing it from ChatGPT, launched a week earlier, which could not browse the web or show sources.
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