The AI Startup Going After Google Search

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Perplexity is a next-gen search tool going after Google, with 1M Android app installs and 1M iOS installs within only 8 months of product launch. On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we sat down with the CEO and Co-Founder of Perplexity AI, Aravind Srinivas. Aravind shared with us the behind-the-scenes stories of how Perplexity AI was born (37:33), how he thinks about Perplexity being viewed as a "wrapper" (24:15), where search will be in 10 years (23:22), and where Perplexity is headed. 0:00 intro 1:02 the simplicity of Perplexity 5:30 how Perplexity allocates resources 7:23 don’t waste your time building your own models 11:53 being a “wrapper” for OpenAI 14:51 the future of Quora and Wikipedia 19:42 what does it take to compete with Google 23:22 what does search look like in 10 years 24:15 showing users that Perplexity is more than a “wrapper” 27:42 RAG solutions and solving hallucinations 30:27 guiding users’ questions 32:58 discover tab 35:02 attracting new users vs. pleasing “power users” 37:33 how Perplexity landed on search 53:15 should AI be regulated 55:10 what other company would Aravind work at 57:10 OpenAI 58:56 Jacob and Pat debrief With your co-hosts: @jacobeffron - Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health @patrickachase - Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn @ericabrescia - Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq’d by VMWare) @jordan_segall - Partner at Redpoint