Aravind Srinivas
Aravind Srinivas (born 1994) is an Indian computer scientist, researcher, programmer, as well as CEO and co-founder of Perplexity AI.
Aravind Srinivas | |
|---|---|
| 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 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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/aravind-srinivas-16051987/ Aravind Srinivas on LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 July.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ https://thursdaynightsinai.substack.com/p/episode-1-aravind-srinivas-ceo-perplexityai Recording: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. Retrieved 2 July.
- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Aravind-Srinivas-2140720918
- ↑ 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.