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Aravind Srinivas
Indian entrepreneur (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aravind Srinivas (born 7 June 1994) is an Indian computer scientist and entrepreneur, best known as the CEO and co-founder of Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence company specializing in conversational search technologies.[1][2]
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Early life and education
Srinivas was born on June 7, 1994 in Madras, India, known now as Chennai.[3][4] He earned dual degrees (B.Tech and M.Tech) in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.[3] He later pursued a PhD in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.[5]
Career
During his academic career, Srinivas held research positions at OpenAI, Google Brain, and DeepMind focusing on machine learning and artificial intelligence.[6][7]
In 2022, he co-founded Perplexity AI alongside Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski. The company developed an AI-powered "answer engine" designed to provide direct, cited responses to user queries, seeking to distinguish itself from traditional search engines.[8][9][4]
Under Srinivas's leadership, Perplexity AI has secured significant funding from investors including Jeff Bezos,[10] Elad Gil, Nat Friedman,[11] and Nvidia.[12][13][14] The company has also announced partnerships aimed at expanding its AI applications into hardware by collaborating with Deutsche Telekom to develop an AI-integrated smartphone.[1][15]
In 2024, Srinivas stated that he had been waiting for a US green card for nearly three years.[16] In the same year, Time magazine named him one of the "TIME100 Most Influential People in AI".[17]
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