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==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/ Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They're Competing to Reinvent Search. Retrieved 2 July.</ref> and studied Electrical Engineering at the IIT Madras.<ref>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.</ref><ref name="PLIn">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aravind-srinivas-16051987/ Aravind Srinivas on LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 July.</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="PLIn"/><ref name=":0">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.</ref>
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 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>
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 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>{{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==

Latest revision as of 13:47, 15 January 2025

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[edit]

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]

Career[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. 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.
  2. "The Machine Learning Mogul from IIT Madras - Joy of Giving". joyofgiving.alumni.iitm.ac.in.
  3. Fridman, Lex (20 June 2024). "Transcript for Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet | Lex Fridman Podcast #434". Lex Fridman.
  4. Albrecht, Josh; Rohde, Ali (11 July 2023). "Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas: Thursday Nights in AI". Thursday Nights in AI.
  5. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Aravind-Srinivas-2140720918
  6. Wiggers, Kyle (4 April 2023). "AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI lands $26M, launches iOS app". TechCrunch.