Aravind Srinivas

Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, the revolutionary AI answer engine that is reimagining how people search for information. Born on June 7, 1994, in Chennai, India, Aravind earned dual degrees (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras before pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at UC Berkeley, focusing on machine learning and AI. Before founding Perplexity in 2022, he held research positions at OpenAI, Google Brain, and DeepMind, working on cutting-edge AI including reinforcement learning, contrastive learning, and transformers. At age 31, he became India's youngest billionaire on the 2025 Hurun India Rich List. Aravind is recognized in TIME100's most influential people in AI.

Perplexity AI is a conversational AI-powered answer engine that reimagines how people search for and consume information. Founded in 2022, the company combines large language models with real-time web search to provide accurate, sourced answers to complex questions. Unlike traditional search engines that return links, Perplexity synthesizes information into comprehensive answers with citations. The company has rapidly grown to serve millions of users and has attracted investments from Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and top-tier VCs. Perplexity represents the next evolution of search, blending AI capabilities with factual accuracy.