Biography
CEO and co-founder of Perplexity, the AI-powered answer engine building the most credible alternative to Google Search. Stanford CS PhD with former research roles at OpenAI and Google DeepMind.
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Srinivas is doing what everyone said was impossible — building a consumer product that people voluntarily use instead of Google. Perplexity's $9B valuation reflects real usage growth, not just hype, and the answer-engine format may be the natural interface for AI-native search. The biggest risk isn't technology but whether Google's distribution advantage eventually crushes him. Still, he's the only founder who's made the 'kill Google Search' pitch feel plausible rather than delusional.
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Perplexity
CEO & Co-Founder
OpenAI
Former Research Scientist
Google DeepMind
Former Research Intern
Stanford University
PhD in Computer Science
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