Aravind Srinivas

Biography

Perplexity AI, Inc., or simply Perplexity, is an American privately held software company offering a web search engine that processes user queries and synthesizes responses. Perplexity products use large language models and incorporate real-time web search capabilities, providing responses based on current Internet content, citing sources used. Its real-time search engine is called Sonar and is based on Meta's Llama model. A free public version is available, while a paid Pro subscription offers access to more advanced language models and additional features.

Key Achievements

• Conducted AI research at OpenAI, DeepMind, and Google
• Co-founded Perplexity AI to build the world's first conversational search engine
• Successfully scaled Perplexity to handle millions of daily search queries