In a world dominated by Big Tech, one Indian-origin founder is redefining how humans access information.
๐ Key Milestones of Aravind Srinivas:
- ๐ IIT Madras (BTech + MTech), PhD in AI/ML from UC Berkeley
- ๐งช Worked at Google Brain, OpenAI & DeepMind on cutting-edge LLMs
- ๐ ๏ธ Aug 2022: Co-founded Perplexity AI โ the worldโs first conversational Answer Engine
- ๐ฐ 2024: Raised $73.6M from Nvidia & Jeff Bezos
- ๐ 2025: 780 million queries/month, valuation hits $18B
- ๐ฑ Partnered with Airtel to reach 360M+ users in India
- ๐ Featured in TIME100 Most Influential in AI (2024)