Meet Aravind Srinivas, the Mind Behind Perplexity AI

In a world dominated by Big Tech, one Indian-origin founder is redefining how humans access information.

📌 Key Milestones of Aravind Srinivas:

• 🎓 IIT Madras (BTech + MTech), PhD in AI/ML from UC Berkeley
• 🧪 Worked at Google Brain, OpenAI & DeepMind on cutting-edge LLMs
• 🛠️ Aug 2022: Co-founded Perplexity AI – the world’s first conversational Answer Engine
• 💰 2024: Raised $73.6M from Nvidia & Jeff Bezos
• 📈 2025: 780 million queries/month, valuation hits $18B
• 📱 Partnered with Airtel to reach 360M+ users in India
• 🏆 Featured in TIME100 Most Influential in AI (2024)