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Perplexity CEO: SMBs Could Drive the Next Economic Boom

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Perplexity CEO: SMBs Could Drive the Next Economic Boom

Perplexity Founder & CEO Aravind Srinivas believes the next wave of American economic growth could come from smaller, AI-native businesses, not just the largest technology companies. Perplexity, valued at ~$20B with more than $2B in reported funding and backing from NVIDIA, SoftBank, IVP, NEA, Accel, Jeff Bezos, and Elad Gil, has evolved from an AI answer…

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  1. Why Does Perplexity Build Its Brand on Curiosity? at 1:48

    Aravind Srinivas says Perplexity's brand is fundamentally to celebrate curiosity. Full answer

  2. Why Does Only America Back Outsiders? at 14:24

    Aravind Srinivas says a massive opportunity exists for an outsider in America that does not exist in any other country. Full answer

  3. Why Is Perplexity Not Building Data Centers? at 39:17

    Molly O'Shea asked whether Perplexity will open its own data centers anytime soon. Aravind Srinivas says Perplexity has no plans to build them. Full answer

  4. Why Is Writing Code Almost Solved? at 41:53

    Aravind Srinivas says the rise of NEO cloud shows the demand for tokens and agents is there, and he calls the demand a good problem. Full answer

  5. What Still Stops Perplexity From Making Scientists? at 50:52

    Aravind Srinivas wants to push past web lookups into longer research tasks. Some questions have no known answers, and he would let AIs help find them. Full answer

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