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

In fact, I feel the primary difference of Perplexity from other startups that have explicitly laid out that they’re taking on Google is that we never even tried to play Google at their own game.

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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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Search, Startups
Company
Perplexity
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