View From The Top with Aravind Srinivas, Cofounder and CEO of Perplexity

[@deeptinadkarni4778]

He had me at "It's a moral duty for us all to seek wisdom and to become perpetual learning machines" !! Amazing guide for always remaining humble and be a student at heart.

[@shrishri8898]

You can learn all that you want but won't get a job in India if not from IIT

[@technonecroplays]

Something about Aravind that Perplexity may not know, he schooled at DAV public school Velachery, Chennai for a couple of years. He was in the same batch as me. He used to sit in the last bench doing his IITJEE preparations along with his other group of friends going to the same IITJEE tuition centre, while the teacher was teaching something else. Teachers used to hate this and make him and his friends close their JEE books or sometimes send the whole bunch out of the class. I am proud of what you have achieved Aravind - Aakash T.N.

[@minhazulislam9131]

He is a genius. He checks all the boxes as a PhD, CEO and Founder.

[@knottytoob]

And, a good human being. IMO.

[@stephaniehale946]

*The contribution of Indians from India in the US is just unbelievable. The US tech industry wouldn't be this dominating globally if it wasn't for the contributions and the leadership of the Indian people from India - Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, KZbin, NetApp, Cognizant, Micron Technology, Zscaler... the list just goes on... all these companies have Indian-origin CEOs.*

[@jagan.mohandash]

Uh missed Cognizant global ceo

[@killandy01]

straight glazing

[@var309]

And vice versa. The US has given an incredible opportunity to Indians. Something I’m very grateful for.

[@jewslikefunk]

@@var309THIS! The only reason smart people are able to thrive is because the country offers support through infrastructure and knowledge to thrive. Very core to the American mindset is the “individual” mentality.

[@NatarajSubramanian]

Indians from India? Are trying to make a distinction from Indian Americans?

[@fernandogonzalezhenr]

I use it like 40 times a day, it is insanely good for research and formal presentations to senior teams

[@abishekstephen9759]

nigga this is the best tool

[@Good--human55555]

Just search your self ....you will see information, which is a permutations and combinations of your information with another person's with your name coming out of perplexity AI...Are Stanford students so idiotic that they do not research a free tool and get perplexed!!!!

[@balasupramaniyan1]

He accurately defined Chennai's culture. Most of the tech CEOs are from Chennai because the city emphasizes education over wealth and respect given to who has degrees.

[@jondeva]

Correction: Not Tamils but Brahmins, this Guy is a Brahmin, Sundar is Brahmin which you guys passionately discriminate..

[@Suraj-tp8oo]

There’s brahmin hatred everywhere. Its just the cool way to be on social media.

[@poruluBayasiga]

​@@jondeva ... Brahmins are Tamils. They're all tamil Brahmins. You clearly seem to know nothing about TN in general or even Chennai. Also, why did you assume the person commenting isn't from a Tamil brahmin ethnicity?

[@Skmjee2024-2IIITH]

@@poruluBayasiga maybe bcuz u are unaware of the ethnic cleansing of tamil brahmins since 1960s where we have been humiliated by the missionary backed dmk govt , thats keep talking abt brahmins of tamil nadu as some kind of talibans . maybe if u follow politics and not just academics, u cud understand why that guy wrote brahmins, even im from same community This statement that being scholarly> richness is a only a brahmin mindset, so give credit where its due. dont just eat our hardwork for tamilians who have only worked againt our community. its like how pakistan bangladeshis saying all the good things abt india as south to steal some of our credits, but whenever something is wrong, they only use indians...

[@ishaanrohmetra3447]

all top ceos and persons are brahmins dravidians dont like brahmins and call them aryans even you top chess players are brahmins and swarnas so dont mix them with dravidians dravidians sold their soul to chuch and jihadis and want different state and dont consider hinduism as theirs

[@ani7453]

This guy has a lot of clarity on certain things even ceo's don't have and I found this video very useful

[@SHUBHA_DEP]

"Where knowledge begins....." I don't know who has quoted the line but I loved it.❤

[@aravindnair2142]

Thank You, guys it was a pleasure.

[@ManishYadav-up2gd]

Hello sir I am also pursuing ai engineering

[@huyuwgygyu]

@@ManishYadav-up2gd he is fake lol (:

[@tejasudha]

😂

[@m7runner]

This was a fantastic interview, great insights; thank you so much!

[@vijayabhaskaransankaran5349]

❤❤❤All the great minds go out of the country but happy if it gets the recognition however if some part of this benefit India then it would be awesome . Awesome interview . Like if you are from Chennai ❤❤❤❤

[@kiransrimaan]

Reservations,my friend , is the curse of India . India cannot handle super intelligent folks like Arvind ...we are a mediocre, pedestrian system

[@vijayabhaskaransankaran5349]

@ pathetic and this need to be taken care

[@shrishri8898]

​@@kiransrimaaneven in India you just gonna do outsourced jobs of christian countries

[@ansarikashif7]

Nice interview.....Aravind is an inspiration to many in India

[@johnd550]

Excellent interview and guest. Thank you.

[@derryj-in-ams]

I was a bit thrown by the label 'scrappy founder', unless I missed an earlier part of the interview permitting that. Regardless, great interview! I admire the CEO's humility and determination to differentiate his leadership style. And Perplexity does make me feel smart ;) Keep on growing.

[@rsivakanth]

Started using hardly a week back and already hooked to it for every other thing. Brilliant product. Wish it scales many heights.

[@বোকা_বাঘ]

this guy is very genuine! i love perplexity

[@anandraj2895]

perplexity is just really a life saver , really good one

[@shubhamjeeshrivastava]

Every word this guy says .... has some great logical maze to follow along. whatever he says , my brain directly digests it... as he often elaborate things very logically.

[@praveenramadugu3048]

Goose bumps... Love you Aravind Srinivas

[@CarlZend]

Super piece. Thank you.

[@SanamKarki-cq1ri]

One day I am going to make it like him.

[@AlvaroPena-uo6ex]

Put in the work and your time will come

[@rggrrggr290]

@@AlvaroPena-uo6ex thanks for the positive comment man👍

[@krishrampariya8098]

@@AlvaroPena-uo6ex From stalking you in linkedin i found that u are in places where i would want myself to be in next years. As u can probably tell from my name i am indian. so there are millions like me nothing new. still Can u give me ur discord / something ?

[@pssquad6739]

Bro From Nepal ?

[@sammy45654565]

you mean get rich, or be contented? they're not always a package deal

[@Viratkholi18-king]

I really hope These rich indian origins will help india someway to prosper and grow i myself being an indian living in Australia sometimes when i look back to india and seeing it's corrupt and messy system it's really hurts a lot to me.

[@slowdown7276]

You hypocrite. First do something yourself.

[@wheelsoncrisis]

No one can help India😂

[@सार्थक-ल9ट]

We'll see in the future ​@@wheelsoncrisis

[@madhusudhankhaitan7533]

Difficult to find such humble founders today!! Amazing founder

[@rajgupta8464]

Perplexity’s model is eventually standardising questions for the advertisers rather than the search from the consumer. Questions will have value now? Advertisers will buy questions. Partly what google does I believe.

[@bsethupathi1]

the last question and the answer- what a great presence of mind man. love this guy. been following him from early perplexity days.

[@KheteshAkoliya]

3 Person introducing themselves with IIT names is wild to see !!

[@Livvv_happy_3727]

What do you mean? Because I feel like associating your personality with a college is very shallow.

[@KheteshAkoliya]

​@@Livvv_happy_3727 Definitely, I don't regard kind of tag as measure someone. Just saying it's wild to see lot of people introduce themselves with IIT even at Stanford.

[@Varun-ep2tl]

Also IIT’s were started by Nehru, and he’s the one who’s not letting Modi do the work currently. IIT’s can’t be good 👎🏽

[@shrisub881]

@@KheteshAkoliya Because in IItans are the only ones who get into such PHD programes others dont think beyond tcs infosys bank ssc.

[@carvalhoribeiro]

Great conversation. Thanks for sharing this

[@premkpatnala]

Perplexity is awesome 😎

[@manasawalaaamir]

cant live without perplexity, its the new google for me

[@hanchisun6164]

what is the host doing... She managed to make aravind uncomfortable by playing with perplexity for only one minute.

[@hanchisun6164]

Business people using all kinds of tactics they perfect in negotiation (manipulation) classes because they have nothing else to practice, and applying them on my guy who actually build useful stuff. That is disrespectful

[@Doors-and-Crosscheck]

It was painful to watch her. Not sure how she ended up at the GSB. 😮

[@hanchisun6164]

@@Doors-and-Crosscheck Well, she is definitely a capable person, yet all her skills are taking value from other people instead of creating value for the whole society. That was what business school is about

[@झू.टूभ.येकाउंट]

"Oversight" is a big problem right now with Perplexity. Approx 5 out of 10 questions (non-pro) I ask has various forms of oversights and incorrect information. I have to follow up with multiple more questions to get the correct info. I hope they are working on it. Another problem is that many times a same question when asked through non-pro mode and through pro mode, gives "opposite" answers. Some difference in answer is considerable giving pro mode searches deeper and better, but "opposite" answers? I don't think so.

[@Varun-ep2tl]

49:22 - The second wave of laugh, People taking time to understand his answer. Brilliant ❤

[@triptisharma1738]

Is Chennai coming as china in the caption?

[@imkira7934]

Yes

[@mohitshrivastava5412]

This was so insightful! thanks!

[@ginchadope2171]

Perplexity “how do i know if my interview format will actually be engaging from the start”

[@phoneix24886]

Awesome guy backed by awesome people in his team.

[@mohits]

Who is the host, she really a great job with this interview, I'd love to see more work.

[@bvssrsguntur6338]

20th min: I was wondering all through, why perplexity and not just chatgpt ; thank you for the question

[@akhileshkumbar4864]

Wow, this is a great video

[@evenstevener]

39:20 Pure Gold

[@uurk5lo4]

Let's name all of the addictive time wasting products here! Facebook Instagram Tik tok Games

[@murugesanrajasekaran5032]

Another guy making Tamils proud🎉

[@amanr147]

The reason why he doesn't live in Tamil Nadu, lol If he had still been in Tamil Nadu, he would have wasted his life. Should be ashamed, not feel proud.

[@murugesanrajasekaran5032]

Whatever you say is applicable to India . Not just to Tamil Nadu . He was able to go up to this level since he was born in Tamilnadu due its developments in eduction etc

[@Im-The-King]

​@@murugesanrajasekaran5032 he's from iit not an engineering college of tamilnadu and iit is Central gov institutions and if he had studied in local clg he would have been in Bangalore or Hyderabad not in tamilnadu and Your 🤡 ends whenever good achievement happens try to take to tamilnadu did that and this and same when bad happens it's india and it's fault due to lack education or some other type reason's 🤡🤡

[@sangramraje5667]

Another Indian making America great again.

[@manish7897]

Another Brahmin who was pushed out of India due to reverse racism

[@dragonlordship]

Great minds ❤

[@ajraol9032]

I’m pretty old for this stuff, but can someone tell me again, how’s this perplexity thing different to what Open AI is already doing 😛

[@Rohanlekhwani]

VCs need to diversify funding.

[@suhas.deshpande]

@@Rohanlekhwani false! Perplexity is real time, OpenAI is not!

[@davidfish1]

@@suhas.deshpande ChatGPT search is absolutely realtime

[@OGDezii]

ChatGPT also has real-time search now. One big difference for me is the user experience and interface. Perplexity outputs data in a more readable and user friendly way for me. Another difference is that it optimizes for choosing the best LLM model to help it generate. It can use Sonnet, Llama, 4o, etc. I also trust it more since it’s a whole company focused on optimizing search. And they have nice side features like discovery, where they feature articles on top current events. I also like their design. Lots to like about Perplexity.

[@najmafurqan9543]

Open AI doesn't provide answers with citations (links to website). Perplexity's answers are more academic style and accurate than chatgpt

[@vikramsid]

FYI - perplexity is also a metric term used in the context of training NLP models, that measures a model's response to new/untrained statements. Lower the perplexity, thus better the model.

[@shubhamjeeshrivastava]

great podcast

[@commoncats5437]

chennai 🤩

[@rggrrggr290]

IIT Madras Graduate ❤️

[@thegod-1614]

He is American

[@commoncats5437]

@@thegod-1614 please issue green card to him and then reply here... he is waiting for a long time.

[@BDSaccount-dn2wk]

Tamil Brahmin❤.

[@manish7897]

Brahmin ❤❤

[@BhavinTolia]

Ignorance is a curse & we must ALL fight it.

[@Nongshamanipur]

Anyone care to do time stamps ?

[@JUCLPG]

GENIUS

[@SelfSustainableCity]

Amid the rise of tech so vast, Remember nature’s truth-hold fast. In silicon we find our way, But to the earth, we must not stray. For in the roots, we ground our soul, And there, we find what makes us whole.

[@afrocoded2631]

Well I have a lot of Indian friends from college and work and yes they given a lot, but i must say is a lot of other ppl in tech industry that are giving a lot to America. Not just Indians , i'm from Africa and the reason why Africa haven't gotten many chances is because until recently you couldn't even out source talent in Africa, even at some of the old companies i worked for they couldn't not allow me to work from Africa while all my Indian college had the luxury of working from India when they traveled there. That said, Indians and a lot of other ppl from Asia,Europe,South America and My Africa have done a lot that ppl don't even know. America is a nation of immigrants. and this goes back to since it's inception....hahhaha...Nicola Tesla the dude behind AC electricity was immigrant......When i was doing my PHD 60% of my PHD class was immigrants so that speaks for itself. Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American,the man that created the steel nation...and the list goes on....

[@balapillai9511]

for indians across globe he must be knowledge, the way The Kapil Sharma's humour...

[@shubhamjeeshrivastava]

yeah! felt great to hear about competitive programmer "Johnny Ho".

[@yogeshmahalingam5971]

From Chennai 🖐

[@Goggleboxing]

Free use to those who can afford to subscribe, much like celebs getting freebies . It would be good to at least also declare who and how many people who can't afford to sub or get ready access are being supplied such for free as an outreach programme. I would hope all the developing and poor coomunities from where Perplexity employees came from are being supported.

[@TheNeighborhoodAdjuster]

Letsgooooo

[@Innocentlyevil367]

Chennai🔥

[@amanr147]

The reason why he doesn't live in Tamil Nadu, lol If he had still been in Tamil Nadu, he would have wasted his life. Should be ashamed, not feel proud.

[@Innocentlyevil367]

@@amanr147 Well, people go to the US not because Tamil Nadu is unsuitable for them, but because they are qualified enough to go to the US, having studied at one of the top institutions in India.

[@uppulurivenkata]

Chennai is really great.

[@udayteja6595]

I use perplexity all the time

[@akbarm9609]

Chennai & Tamil ❤🎉

[@santiagomerlot]

he wore shoes..respect to that.

[@manonamission2000]

💀

[@IdliBatter]

What's that supposed to mean? 😭

[@santiagomerlot]

I mean . Many CEO's/founders from NorCal don't wear shoes/dress smart. He showed respect and wore some shoes.

[@IdliBatter]

@santiagomerlot cool, didn't know this 🤝

[@abhis3kh]

what a calm dude

[@Z71990]

2:13 Yes, it is !

[@JeyParakh]

why google has not bought it yet?

[@kishorekumar6345]

Because they're competitors, will you give it to your opponent so easily? And being backed by all the people/investors who don't support Google? I don't think so

[@Emanzz139]

@@kishorekumar6345 that is how you beat your competitor, buy your competitor

[@az-cu8pv]

Hahaha..... Backed by Jeff Bezos 😅

[@manonamission2000]

because google can replicate it themselves??

[@balapillai9511]

let me add he must be knowledge and humour combined and hear this out from 20:08 - 20:26 to agree

[@robertnelson9621]

Can you tell me a joke about Sardars Here’s a light-hearted joke about Sardars: Why does a Sardar bring binoculars to his own wedding? To see his far relatives! This joke plays on the humorous stereotype of Sardars and their unique perspectives. If you’d like more jokes or different themes, feel free to ask! Tell me a joke about Muslims Humor can be a sensitive topic, especially when it involves specific communities or cultures. It's important to approach such subjects with respect and care to avoid perpetuating stereotypes or causing offense. tell me a joke about Lord Ganesha Here's a light-hearted joke about Lord Ganesha: Why did Lord Ganesha never get lost? Because he always had his "trunk" with him to find the way! Tell me a joke about Allah Humor involving religious figures or deities can be sensitive and may not be well-received by everyone. It's important to approach such topics with respect and care. Thank you India!!

[@akeeb3715]

Let's comment first. So that i get all the likes

[@adityamittal4357]

nice

[@PHFilms3]

Good talk and interesting. I personally don’t believe in open AI or what it does. If you went to the library to do unbiased research would you just ask the librarian to give you an answer? Or do your own due diligence? That’s how I see a traditional search engine… can someone explain how these guys all competing for a search engine is better? How will a search engine like this help society, besides helping kids cheat on tests lol. Serious question not trying to be ignorant.

[@Raymond_Cooper]

Why #India can't be such an #incubator as #USA?

[@boss_hai_hum]

It will take a bit time...the syatem deaigned by Congress govt destroyed India...the BJP govt is cleaning and making India great again

[@harisgallery9858]

43:06 the problem of LSTM. forgetting the lengthy questions/sentences 😂.

[@RaviG-bv4yd]

Everything Aravind said about search results is exactly how Google search started and operated in the days of Larry Page. Over time, businesses become greedy and corrupt the user experience in exchange for more revenue.

[@jeetdave2336]

Why is she even an interviewer

[@Kamath.venkat]

All ok, but how did he get that accent in a few years?

[@KazzyOfficial]

This girl talks like a robot and sounds like she’s reading off something, not genuine at all. This is very hard to listen to lol

[@Doors-and-Crosscheck]

Yeah it was shocking. Usually the students picked for these interviews are pretty special and have worked hard to put together the questions. I was very disappointed.

[@shrishri8898]

I loved her

[@spark339]

Both are so smart. Wish I was at Stanford.😊

[@Max-hj6nq]

She got that diversity, equity and inclusion dialect. Aravind's Agentic Autism cannot compute.

[@pankajsinghgusain4636]

i m from Berkeley

[@sergiocayuqueov]

Interesting

[@Shaikkadheer69]

city of sambar ❌ city of CEO'S ✅

[@BhavinTolia]

What so wrong with TN Sambhar...!? It's quite fine. So are the Bondas.

[@yashdwivedi7855]

@@BhavinTolia nothing, maybe he said this because sambar and dosa are most popular in Tamil Nadu.

[@Shaikkadheer69]

@@BhavinTolia Sambar is ok in India but from global point of view TN is city of CEOs 😎 , even I love sambar idly 😂🤤

[@shrishri8898]

​@@Shaikkadheer69arbind never studied to crack an exam he got his success because of his extra reading go see him speak this in other videos of his

[@lutjenlee]

FIIIRSTTT!!

[@anildangol]

He was spon on google ad. It frustrates me so much that I stop relying to google these days.

[@ShailendraSingh-ex6yj]

A widely accessible neural network

[@nike5428]

Clarity!!

[@alexi2460]

Yes Berkeley Blue

[@Yagyaansh]

3:03 lol, they don't even have any water these days in Chennai😂

[@prer2go]

Wow his thought-process kinda reallyy similar to mine lol wow

[@himanshugiri2777]

perpexity is superior

[@valoriefalorie4223]

Fake it till you make it

[@the_yugandharr]

Fking free perplexing pro for Stanford rich kids!!

[@av_410]

"Perplexity , what would Aravind answer to these questions ?"

[@JJMA52]

Perplexity going to replace the interviewer eventually - already half way there

[@Royalbob123]

India need to stop brain drain. Study abroad if you want , but should come back, as India has so many resources, VCs and startup echo system. Quality of life is also improving and good if you make decent income.

[@ashishrajput15]

People who come back are treated very badly. In US, they are celebrated. People should not come back and make it big wherever possible.

[@kaushikb9272]

How many venture capitalists in India are willing to invest in a startup like DeepMind (at its early stages)? And quit propagating the fucking falsehood that "quality of life is also improving"...QoL in India.. my ass. In Bangalore, most walkways are broken or missing. Not a single Indian city has what is referred to as good infrastructure; instead, they are all a disaster. IISc, TIFR, CMI, old IITs, IIIT (..few more) have some excellent professors. Example - Professor Partha Pratim Talukdar of IISc is one of the brightest minds in NLP. He now works for Google India (DeepMind). Did any Indian company consider using him to construct something new? No, because we're too busy celebrating how Aryabhatta's invention of zero transformed the world?

[@shrishri8898]

In India you will just work on outsourced jobs

[@listentothisbook]

you made it bro

[@nanditanair870]

He’s cute ❤

[@shriramannasgurukulam5253]

His circle. Is a small circle.

[@SatyajitPaul]

One of the very very successful communities in India are TamBrams ( Tamil Brahmins). Persuasion of academic excellence and knowledge is so ingrained in the community that I cannot think of another group of homogeneous population across the globe who can match the single minded focus of TamBrams. TamBrams make up disproportionately high number top corporate honchos, and top bureaucrats of India. Both Arvind and Sundar are TamBrams.

[@rishabhsingh9817]

Don't divide people. Casteism is cancer.

[@killandy01]

who gives af

[@BeingHumannnnnn]

Oh yeah Einstein was tambrahmin..😂😂😂😂

[@avkrm]

Quit relating everything to religion you buffoon

[@VishalRaoOnYouTube]

Vivek Ramaswamy is also TamBrahm...IIRC.

[@sakshamlall8908]

This is soooo sad. Why even have him on stage? Just share your screen and ask questions for perplexity to answer as him.

[@DrSeuss-nw3px]

The Sam Bankman-Fried of AI

[@sanjj_1]

I can't tell if that's a good thing or not

[@UnCanny_]

Explain yourself What's wrong with perplexity?,is that a scam?

[@Badumtss2468]

@@UnCanny_perplexity is no way comparable to FTX. There’s no fraud in Perplexity AI. I have used it for many things. It can only get better.

[@aj07257]

Im getting that vibe lol

[@chandankrmehta]

so someone said jab padega Bharat tab badega America