About
Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, a groundbreaking conversational "answer engine" that combines large language models with real-time web search to deliver accurate, cited responses, challenging traditional search giants like Google by prioritizing truth-seeking, transparency, and user curiosity in an AI-driven era. Born in Chennai, India, in 1994, Srinivas earned a dual degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras—where he self-taught AI despite his major—followed by a PhD in computer science from UC Berkeley under renowned advisor Pieter Abbeel, before gaining research experience at OpenAI, DeepMind, and Google. In 2022, he launched Perplexity, rapidly scaling it to process hundreds of millions of monthly queries by 2025, securing investments from Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and others, launching innovations like the AI-powered Comet browser, and forging major partnerships while navigating debates on content attribution and web crawling. A vocal advocate for on-device AI as the future disruptor of data centers, Srinivas continues to push boundaries in making knowledge accessible and actionable worldwide.