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| birth_place      = Chennai, India<ref name="Wired"/>
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| fields            = Computer science
| fields            = Computer science
| alma_mater        = IIT Madras (BA, MA)<br/>University of California, Berkely (PhD)
| alma_mater        = IIT Madras (BA, MA)<br/>University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
| known_for        = Perplexity.ai
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'''Aravind Srinivas''' (born 1994) is an Indian computer scientist, researcher, programmer as well as CEO and cofounder of Perplexity.ai.
'''Aravind Srinivas''' (born 1994) is an Indian computer scientist, researcher, programmer, as well as CEO and co-founder of [[Perplexity AI]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Career==
==Career==
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.<ref name="TNight">https://thursdaynightsinai.substack.com/p/episode-1-aravind-srinivas-ceo-perplexityai Recording: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. Retrieved 2 July.</ref><ref name="PLIn" /> His research includes work on reinforcement learning, deep learning and Self-supervised learning|contrastive learning.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Aravind-Srinivas-2140720918 </ref>
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, Berkeley.<ref name="TNight">https://thursdaynightsinai.substack.com/p/episode-1-aravind-srinivas-ceo-perplexityai Recording: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. Retrieved 2 July.</ref><ref name="PLIn" /> His research includes work on reinforcement learning, deep learning and Self-supervised learning|contrastive learning.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Aravind-Srinivas-2140720918 </ref>


In 2022 Srinivas founded Perplexity.ai with his cofounders Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski.<ref name="Wired" /><ref>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.</ref>  
In 2022 Srinivas founded Perplexity.ai with his cofounders Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski.<ref name="Wired" /><ref>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.</ref>  
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==References==
==References==
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Aravind Srinivas
Born1994[1]
Chennai, India[1]
Alma materIIT Madras (BA, MA)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forPerplexity.ai
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science

Aravind Srinivas (born 1994) is an Indian computer scientist, researcher, programmer, as well as CEO and co-founder of Perplexity AI.

Early life

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]

Career

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, Berkeley.[5][3] His research includes work on reinforcement learning, deep learning and Self-supervised learning|contrastive learning.[6]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.