cover of episode #434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

2024/6/19
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Perplexity AI is an answer engine that provides direct answers to user queries, citing sources like an academic paper. Unlike traditional search engines that list website links, Perplexity synthesizes information from multiple sources into a concise, cited answer, leveraging LLMs and traditional search technology.

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Arvind Srinivas is CEO of Perplexity, a company that aims to revolutionize how we humans find answers to questions on the Internet. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Cloaked: https://cloaked.com/lex) and use code LexPod to get 25% off – ShipStation: https://shipstation.com/lex) and use code LEX to get 60-day free trial – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex) to get free product tour – LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex) to get free sample pack – Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex) to get $1 per month trial – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex) to get 10% off

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OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (10:52) – How Perplexity works (18:48) – How Google works (41:16) – Larry Page and Sergey Brin (55:50) – Jeff Bezos (59:18) – Elon Musk (1:01:36) – Jensen Huang (1:04:53) – Mark Zuckerberg (1:06:21) – Yann LeCun (1:13:07) – Breakthroughs in AI (1:29:05) – Curiosity (1:35:22) – $1 trillion dollar question (1:50:13) – Perplexity origin story (2:05:25) – RAG (2:27:43) – 1 million H100 GPUs (2:30:15) – Advice for startups (2:42:52) – Future of search (3:00:29) – Future of AI