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| birth_place = Chennai, India<ref name="Wired"/> | | birth_place = Chennai, India<ref name="Wired"/> | ||
| fields = Computer science | | fields = Computer science | ||
| alma_mater = IIT Madras (BA, MA)<br/>University of California, | | alma_mater = IIT Madras (BA, MA)<br/>University of California, Berkeley (PhD) | ||
| known_for = Perplexity.ai | | known_for = Perplexity.ai | ||
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'''Aravind Srinivas''' (born 1994) is an Indian computer scientist, researcher, programmer as well as CEO and | '''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== | ||
Srinivas grew up in Chennai, India<ref name="Wired">https://www.wired.com/story/founder-perplexity-ai-sundar-pichai-competing-to-reinvent-search/ | Srinivas grew up in Chennai, India<ref name="Wired">{{cite web |last1=Goode |first1=Lauren |title=Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search |url=https://www.wired.com/story/founder-perplexity-ai-sundar-pichai-competing-to-reinvent-search/ |website=Wired}}</ref> and studied Electrical Engineering at the IIT Madras.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Machine Learning Mogul from IIT Madras - Joy of Giving |url=https://joyofgiving.alumni.iitm.ac.in/alma-matters/campus-musings/the-machine-learning-mogul-from-iit-madras |website=joyofgiving.alumni.iitm.ac.in}}</ref> Srinivas first worked as a research intern at OpenAI and later completed further internships at Google's DeepMind and Google itself.<ref name="Wired"/><ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Fridman |first1=Lex |title=Transcript for Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet {{!}} Lex Fridman Podcast #434 |url=https://lexfridman.com/aravind-srinivas-transcript#chapter0_introduction |website=Lex Fridman |date=20 June 2024}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
His academic journey continued | 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">{{cite web |last1=Albrecht |first1=Josh |last2=Rohde |first2=Ali |title=Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas: Thursday Nights in AI |url=https://thursdaynightsinai.substack.com/p/episode-1-aravind-srinivas-ceo-perplexityai |website=Thursday Nights in AI |date=11 July 2023}}</ref> 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 | In 2022 Srinivas founded Perplexity.ai with his cofounders Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski.<ref name="Wired" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wiggers |first1=Kyle |title=AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/?guccounter=1 |website=TechCrunch |date=4 April 2023}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1994 births]] | [[Category:1994 births]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:47, 15 January 2025
Aravind Srinivas (born 1994) is an Indian computer scientist, researcher, programmer, as well as CEO and co-founder of Perplexity AI.
Aravind Srinivas | |
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| Born | 1994[1] Chennai, India[1] |
| Alma mater | IIT Madras (BA, MA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Perplexity.ai |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
Early lifeEdit
Srinivas grew up in Chennai, India[1] and studied Electrical Engineering at the IIT Madras.[2] Srinivas first worked as a research intern at OpenAI and later completed further internships at Google's DeepMind and Google itself.[1][3]
CareerEdit
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.[4] His research includes work on reinforcement learning, deep learning and Self-supervised learning|contrastive learning.[5]
In 2022 Srinivas founded Perplexity.ai with his cofounders Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski.[1][6]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Goode, Lauren. "Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They're Competing to Reinvent Search". Wired.
- ↑ "The Machine Learning Mogul from IIT Madras - Joy of Giving". joyofgiving.alumni.iitm.ac.in.
- ↑ Fridman, Lex (20 June 2024). "Transcript for Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet | Lex Fridman Podcast #434". Lex Fridman.
- ↑ Albrecht, Josh; Rohde, Ali (11 July 2023). "Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas: Thursday Nights in AI". Thursday Nights in AI.
- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Aravind-Srinivas-2140720918
- ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (4 April 2023). "AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app". TechCrunch.