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Aravind Srinivas (* 1994) is an Indian computer scientist, researcher, programmer as well as CEO and cofounder of Perplexity.ai.

Aravind Srinivas
Born1994[1]
Chennai, India[1]
Alma materIIT Madras (BA, MA)
University of California, Berkely (PhD)
Known forPerplexity.ai
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science

Srinivas grew up in Chennai, India[1] and studied Electrical Engineering at the IIT Madras.[2][3] Srinivas first worked as a research intern at OpenAI and later completed further internships at Google's DeepMind and Google itself.[1][3][4]

His academic journey continued, when he moved to the United States to do his Ph.D in AI and deep learning at the University of California, Berkely.[5][3] His research includes work on reinforcement learning, deep learning and contrastive learning.[6]

In 2022 Srinivas founded Perplexity.ai with his cofounders Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e https://www.wired.com/story/founder-perplexity-ai-sundar-pichai-competing-to-reinvent-search/ Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They're Competing to Reinvent Search. Retrieved 2 July.
  2. ^ https://joyofgiving.alumni.iitm.ac.in/alma-matters/campus-musings/the-machine-learning-mogul-from-iit-madras The Machine Learning Mogul From IIT Madras. Retrieved 2 July.
  3. ^ a b c https://www.linkedin.com/in/aravind-srinivas-16051987/ Aravind Srinivas on LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 July.
  4. ^ https://lexfridman.com/aravind-srinivas-transcript#chapter0_introduction Transcript for Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet | Lex Fridman Podcast #434. Retrieved 2 July.
  5. ^ https://thursdaynightsinai.substack.com/p/episode-1-aravind-srinivas-ceo-perplexityai Recording: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. Retrieved 2 July.
  6. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Aravind-Srinivas-2140720918
  7. ^ https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/?guccounter=1 AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app.Retrieved 2 July.