Aravind Srinivas

Aravind Srinivas built Perplexity into the most credible challenger to Google Search in over two decades. The AI-powered answer engine combines real-time web search with language model reasoning to deliver sourced, conversational answers. It's growing faster than almost any AI product outside of ChatGPT. Before Perplexity, Aravind researched at OpenAI, Google Brain, and DeepMind, giving him a rare cross-platform perspective on AI development. His UC Berkeley PhD focused on generative models and he was deeply involved in early diffusion model research.