How Perplexity Founder Built a $1B Startup in 2 Years

Arvind Srinivas never imagined he would one day be the co-founder and CEO of a rapidly growing AI startup valued at $1 billion. But that’s exactly what happened when he and his co-founder Dennis launched Perplexity AI in December 2022.

Arvind’s journey to founding Perplexity began in his native India, where he grew up with a deep fascination for algorithms and programming. After winning a machine learning contest, he decided to dive deeper into the field, eventually pursuing a PhD in AI and deep learning at UC Berkeley.