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Co-founder and CEO, Perplexity · Jun 19, 2024 · Interview, Lex Fridman Podcast #434: Aravind Srinivas

I think of Perplexity as a knowledge discovery engine, neither a search engine. Of course, we call it an answer engine, but everything matters here.

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Aravind Srinivas, Co-founder and CEO, Perplexity
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Lex Fridman Podcast #434: Aravind Srinivas
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