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Startup made me intern as I got 10 GPA in IIT-M: Perplexity AI CEO Aravind

Inshorts · 1y ago

Startup made me intern as I got 10 GPA in IIT-M: Perplexity AI CEO Aravind

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas said his interest in AI started in 2014 when he interned with a startup in Bengaluru. "They took me because I got a 10...GPA in...my second year at IIT Madras and...that was...rare," he stated. He added that he developed a system for the startup by reading a paper and finished the internship within a month.

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Bengaluru startup accepted me as intern because of my 10/10 GPA at IIT Madras: Perplexity AI CEO

Money Control

Money Control · 1y ago

Bengaluru startup accepted me as intern because of my 10/10 GPA at IIT Madras: Perplexity AI CEO

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, shared that his 10 out of 10 GPA at IIT Madras helped him land an internship with a Bengaluru startup. During the internship, he studied artificial intelligence and became fascinated by the topic. Upon returning to IIT Madras, Srinivas took a machine learning class taught by Professor Balaraman Ravindran. Despite initial doubts from the professor, Srinivas excelled in the class and went on to conduct research with him.

Who's Srinivas, Indian-origin CEO who challenged Musk over USAID?

Inshorts · 5m ago

Who's Srinivas, Indian-origin CEO who challenged Musk over USAID?

Aravind Srinivas is an Indian-origin CEO of artificial intelligence firm Perplexity AI who recently challenged billionaire Elon Musk to stop him from raising $500 billion from USAID. Srinivas is an alumnus of IIT-Madras, who completed his PhD at University of California, Berkeley. He began his career as a research intern at OpenAI, later holding similar roles at Google and DeepMind.

'My startup got funded,' Bengaluru intern texts boss and quits; boss shares chat

Inshorts · 11m ago

'My startup got funded,' Bengaluru intern texts boss and quits; boss shares chat

Flexiple's CEO Karthik Sridharan shared a screenshot of the conversation he had with an intern who quit the company. "This only happens in Bangalore," Sridharan posted on X as he shared their chat. "I took a leave because I had a meeting with a VC. My AI startup got funded. I don't need the internship anymore," the intern texted Sridharan.

Perplexity's Indian CEO says 'I must get green card', Musk agrees

Inshorts · 7m ago

Perplexity's Indian CEO says 'I must get green card', Musk agrees

US-based Perplexity AI's Indian-origin CEO Aravind Srinivas posted on X saying, "I think I should get a green card" in the US and asked users what they think about it. Replying to Srinivas' post, X CEO Elon Musk said, "Yes." Srinivas had said in October that he has been waiting for his green card for three years.

Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search

Wired · 1y ago

Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search

Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of Perplexity AI, credits Google CEO Sundar Pichai for inspiring him to start eating eggs. Srinivas, a vegetarian from India, saw a video of Pichai casually describing his morning routine, which included eating an omelet. This small interaction sparked admiration and later turned into rivalry as Srinivas grew in his career. He eventually joined Google as a research intern and later co-founded Perplexity, a search engine powered by generative AI that aims to disrupt Google's dominance. Perplexity has raised $100 million in funding and boasts 15 million active users. Srinivas sees a chance to compete with Google by leveraging AI technology developed by other companies like OpenAI and Meta. However, Perplexity's biggest challenge is gaining user awareness and trust. Srinivas envisions a future where Perplexity could incorporate advertising but with better targeting enabled by generative AI.

VCs in India invest in things they wouldn't lose money on: Aravind

Inshorts · 3m ago

VCs in India invest in things they wouldn't lose money on: Aravind

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas said venture capitalists (VCs) in India "are still very risk averse". "They like to invest in things that they wouldn't lose money on," he stated. "⁠The mindset should be like- 95% of my investments would fail, but 5%...would return me 100-1,000 times. That mindset doesn't exist in India VCs," he added.

Who is IIT Madras alumnus Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI?

Twitter · 1y ago

Who is IIT Madras alumnus Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI?

Aravind Srinivas, whose US-based search startup Perplexity AI has become a unicorn after raising $62.7 million from Jeff Bezos and others, holds a dual degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras. He completed his PhD in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. Srinivas worked with OpenAI and Google before co-founding Perplexity AI in 2022.

Google could kill Perplexity, but didn't: Aravind on AI startups

Inshorts · 3m ago

Google could kill Perplexity, but didn't: Aravind on AI startups

On being asked whether AI startups will be taken over by tech giants, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said, "Google had two years to kill Perplexity and it hasn't". He added that Google's dependence on advertising revenue obstructs its adoption of full-scale AI-generated responses. In an apparent dig at Google, Aravind said, "If AI gave...direct answers...then...how can you sell Ticketmaster ads?"

Google hiked employee's offer by 4 times after he said he'll join us: Perplexity AI CEO

Hindustan Times Tech

Hindustan Times Tech · 1y ago

Google hiked employee's offer by 4 times after he said he'll join us: Perplexity AI CEO

Perplexity AI's Co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas recently revealed that Google raised an employee's offer to retain him. "There was one amazing candidate that I tried to recruit from Google...The moment he told them that he's gonna join us, they quadrupled his offer," Srinivas said. The employee, who is a part of Google's Search team, still works there, he added.

Waiting for my US green card for 3 yrs: Perplexity AI CEO Srinivas

Inshorts · 9m ago

Waiting for my US green card for 3 yrs: Perplexity AI CEO Srinivas

Perplexity AI's Indian CEO Aravind Srinivas said he is still waiting for his US green card. "I have been waiting for my green card for...the last 3 years. Still haven't gotten it," he wrote in a post on X. "People mostly have no idea when they talk about immigration," he added. Srinivas had co-founded the American search startup in 2022.

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