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Aravind Srinivas quotes on AI, with sources

Co-founder and CEO, Perplexity · 6 quotes · latest Jun 19, 2024

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But at the end, products need to be having some magic to them and the magic comes from letting you be more lazy.Jun 19, 2024· Interview
Every person in the world is curious, but not all of them are blessed to translate that curiosity into a well-articulated question.Jun 19, 2024· Interview
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.Jun 19, 2024· Interview
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.Jun 19, 2024· Interview
We would rather take a more dramatic position, that the best way to actually make a dent in the search space is to not try to do what Google does, but try to do something they don’t want to do.Jun 19, 2024· Interview
What is the weakness of Google is that any ad unit that’s less profitable than a link, or any ad unit that kind of disincentivizes the link click is not in their interest to go aggressive on, because it takes money away from something that’s higher margins.Jun 19, 2024· Interview
About Aravind Srinivas

Co-founder and CEO, Perplexity. Listed here for public statements only; no personal details. Initials instead of a photo.

Topics: Startups, Search, Economics

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