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šŸŒˆThe AI Company Established by an IIT Madras Graduate is Worth $520 MillionšŸ’µšŸ¤–

šŸŒˆThe AI Company Established
IIT Madras Graduate is Worth $520 MillionšŸ’µšŸ¤–


šŸ”„Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, had prior internships at DeepMind, Google, and OpenAI, eventually becoming a research scientist at OpenAI.


šŸ”„Aravind Srinivas, an IIT-Madras alum, co-founded Perplexity AI and faces competition against major players like Google and Microsoft Bing in the search engine industry.


šŸ”„The co-founders of Perplexity AI include Denis Yarats (formerly at Facebook AI), Andy Konwinski (co-founder of Databricks), and Johnny Ho (previously at Quora).


šŸ”„Perplexity AI recently secured $73.6 million in funding from notable investors like Nvidia and Jeff Bezos, among others.


šŸ”„This funding round, led by Institutional Venture Partners and supported by NEA and Databricks Ventures, placed the AI startup's valuation at $520 million.


šŸ”„Overall, Perplexity AI has raised a total of $100 million in funding so far.


šŸ”„Srinivas' journey included significant internships at DeepMind, Google, and OpenAI before assuming his current role as CEO of Perplexity AI.

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