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Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas adds Bhagavad Gita twist to ChatGPT’s viral Ghibli-style image trend

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas has reconnected with his Indian roots by bringing the Bhagwad Gita to the Ghibli-style image trend that has emerged with ChatGPT's new native image creation feature. Srinivas used ChatGPT to create a Ghibli-style image of Arjuna and Lord Krishna from the Mahabharata and posted it on X with a Sanskrit quote from the Bhagwad Gita. …

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2 days, 7 hours ago

Did Nikhil Kamath just apply for a 3-month internship? Indian-origin CEO reacts to his unexpected request

Hindustan Times

Perplexity AI co-founder Aravind Srinivas recently joined Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath on his WTF Online podcast, where a lighthearted conversation led to Kamath expressing interest in interning at Perplexity for three months. Nikhil Kamath joked about interning at Perplexity AI for three months and Aravind Srinivas welcomed the idea. Srinivas responded with amusement, stating, "Well, you're way more accomplished for …

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2 days, 9 hours ago

‘You’re Tamilian, right?’ Nikhil Kamath shocked as Aravind Srinivas reveals he is the first engineer of his family

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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has shared that he is the first engineer in his extended family, a revelation that has shocked Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath. During the conversation, Nikhil Kamath asked Aravind Srinivas about his family. Answering Kamath's doubts, Aravind Srinivas explained that his family had an accounting background. Aravind Srinivas on staying grounded Similarly during other times, when something …

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3 days, 12 hours ago

Arpit Choudhury massive prize money in Perplexity Champions Trophy Giveaway; who is he? check how much he’s won

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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Tuesday announced the winner of the Perplexity ICC Champions Trophy giveaway contest. In a post on X, Srinivas shared, “The winner of the Perplexity ICC Champions Trophy giveaway contest is Arpit Choudhury. Congratulations, iCanAutomate!” Earlier, after India's victory over Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal, Srinivas announced a contest for the upcoming summit …

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Nikhil Kamath podcast: Why Perplexity co-founder didn't explore Bengaluru during internship

Hindustan Times

Perplexity AI co-founder Aravind Srinivas revealed in Nikhil Kamath's podcast that he interned in Bengaluru for three weeks but did not explore the city at all and remained mostly in his flat apart from being at work. Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity,appeared on Nikhil Kamath's podcast. Srinivas opened up about the topic while making an appearance on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil …

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‘We passed by IIT Madras on a bus, my mom would…’: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on growing up as a Chennai boy

Hindustan Times

Perplexity co-founder Aravind Srinivas recently appeared on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's WTF Online podcast, where he spoke about his early influences, time in Bengaluru, and entry into the world of artificial intelligence. "Every time we would go on a bus and pass by the IIT Madras campus, my mom would point to the campus and say, ‘This is where you're …

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4 days, 6 hours ago

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas recalls internship days: ‘Stayed in, worked hard, avoided Bengaluru traffic’

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Aravind Srinivas, chief executive officer of Perplexity AI, has said that he barely ventured out during his internship days in Bengaluru. “It was awesome compared to Chennai.” Aravind Srinivas’ AI & ML journey He recalled his days at IIT Madras: “There was always this push to excel academically.” His passion for machine learning started after he participated in a Kaggle …

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Perplexity AI CEO explains why he never explored Bengaluru on Nikhil Kamath's podcast

India Today

Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity, told Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath why he didn't explore Bengaluru during the time he was interning at a firm in the city. In a conversation with entrepreneur Kamath, Srinivas, an IIT Madras graduate, revealed that he always prioritised work over exploring the city as he politely blamed it on the city's infamous traffic. …

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6 days, 14 hours ago

AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok

Deccan Chronicle

San Francisco: Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity on Friday expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned in the United States. "Combining Perplexity's answer engine with TikTok's extensive video library would allow us to build the best search experience in the world," the San Francisco-based firm reasoned. President Donald Trump …

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6 days, 19 hours ago

AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok

Raw Story

by Glenn CHAPMAN Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity on Friday expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned in the United States. "Combining Perplexity's answer engine with TikTok's extensive video library would allow us to build the best search experience in the world," the San Francisco-based firm reasoned. President Donald …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Perplexity announces ‘contest’ for Champions Trophy 2025 final, prize money of ₹1 crore promised

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Following India's win in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals against Australia on Tuesday, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas announced a “contest” for the finals of the cricket tournament. As netizens flooded the comment section with questions about the contest, a social media user suggested Srinivas change Perplexity's icon to the Indian flag for Indian users if India wins. “If India …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Germany's Deutsche Telekom announces new AI phone with Aravind Srinivas's Perplexity, price under $1,000

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Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity’s co-founder and CEO, said, ‘Perplexity is transitioning from just being an answer machine to an action machine’ DT will debut the gadget in the second half of this year and begin selling it in 2026 for less than $1,000. Image Credit: telekom.com/en Deutsche Telekom stated at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it is developing …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Perplexity AI steps in as Suresh Sambandam questions Kumbh Mela 2025 visitor count: Here’s what it said..

Live Mint

Suresh Sambandam, the founder of Kissflow and co-founder of Saasboomi, has come under fire on X after questioning the reported figure of 66 crore visitors at the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025. Taking to the social media platform, Sambandam expressed scepticism over the statistics, stating: “I saw news items saying 66 crore visited. “The figure of 66 crore visitors for the …

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1 month ago

Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli? Perplexity AI chooses GOAT in cricket, ‘unmatched longevity and consistency’

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“Who is the Greatest Of All Time - Sachin or Kohli? “Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest cricketer overall, given his unmatched longevity, consistency, and record-breaking achievements across formats. While Virat Kohli is arguably the best ODI player of all time and excels across formats, Sachin's legacy as the most complete batter remains unparalleled.” ODI stats: Sachin vs Virat Tendulkar featured …

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1 month ago

Paytm users can now use AI search to ask questions ‘without having to pay anything’, thanks to Perplexity: Here’s how

Live Mint

Digital payments platform Paytm on Thursday announced that it had partnered with AI search engine Perplexity to bring the power of artificial intelligence to crores of Indian consumers, enabling them to ask everyday questions and explore topics in their local language among other things. “Paytm, India’s leading payments and financial services distribution company and the pioneer of QR codes, Soundbox, …

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1 month ago

‘Good for the world’: Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas backs using more time on his app than Instagram

Live Mint

Perplexity AI’s Indian-origin CEO Aravind Srinivas on Thursday took a dig at Instagram, saying that it is “good for the world” to use his platform than use the Meta-owned app. Replying to a user’s post, who tagged him and shared a picture of his own average screen time on apps, Srinivas said that it is better to use Perplexity AI …

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1 month ago

Paytm partners with Perplexity for AI-powered search feature on app

India Today

Digital payments firm Paytm has teamed up with US-based Perplexity to bring AI search to its app. With Perplexity, we are bringing the power of AI to millions of Indian consumers, making knowledge and financial services more seamless and accessible,” he said. Perplexity’s CEO Aravind Srinivas is excited about the partnership, calling Paytm a leader in India’s digital payments space. …

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1 month ago

Perplexity AI ventures beyond search with ‘Comet’ agentic browser to rival Google Chrome

Live Mint

Aravind Srinivas led Perplexity AI has confirmed that it will be launching a new browser called ‘Comet’ for providing agentic search experience. Perplexity's AI-powered search is among the few alternatives trying to take on Google's dominance in the search engine market. With Comet browser, Srinivasan is aiming to do the same thing, this time in a even more crowded market …

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1 month ago

Perplexity to launch an AI browser Comet rivalling Google Chrome

The Hindu

AI start-up Perplexity is building an agentic browser that could possibly disrupt Google’s search dominance. Google dominates the browser market, and even Big Tech firms have tried with little success to gain a respectable share in the market. Microsoft attempted clawing back some share in the market with its Bing browser, but it has not even made a dent in …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Grok 3 launch: What do AI models think about their competitor?

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk's xAI has launched Grok 3, the latest model of the company's sometimes humorous model that has intensified competition in the AI race. Citing news reports, the model admitted the possibility that Grok 3 may “outperform existing models like ChatGPT in certain tests”. Speaking on implications of Grok 3, Perplexity AI said, “Early assessments suggest that it outperforms existing …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Perplexity AI launches Deep Research tool for free

The Hindu

AI startup Perplexity has released its own AI research tool called Deep Research to help users get in-depth answers with citations for more complex queries. The blog claimed that Perplexity’s Deep Research scored 21.1% on the test, beating other reasoning AI models including Grok-2, which scored 3.8%, Gemini Thinking, which scored 6.25%, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, which scored 3.3%. Notably, Perplexity’s …

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ChatGPT vs Perplexity: Sam Altman praises Aravind Srinivas’ Deep Research AI; ‘Proud of you’

Live Mint

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas for building a rival Deep Research project based on China's DeepSeek AI. Notably, OpenAI had recently rolled out Deep Research to ChatGPT which prompted Srinivas to bring a similar offering, albeit less accurate but faster and cheaper. The conversation began with Altman announcing a new update to ChatGPT, which he …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Weekly Tech Recap: JioHotstar launched, Sam Altman vs Elon Musk feud intensifies, Perplexity takes on ChatGPT and more

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In a world overflowing with information, keeping up with the most important updates can be overwhelming. This time, Perplexity launched its Deep Search agent rivalling OpenAI and Google, Adobe rolled out its generative video model, JioStar launched its combined offering JioHotstar and more. With ChatGPT and Google's Gemini taking centre stage, the Siri overhaul was a key element of Apple's …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Perplexity takes on ChatGPT and Gemini with new Deep Research AI that completes most tasks in under 3 minutes

Live Mint

Aravind Srinivas-led Perplexity AI has launched its own Deep Research tool, which it claims will help users save hours of time by performing in-depth research and analysis on their behalf, while taking less than 3 minutes for most tasks. Perplexity says that its Deep Research tool performs dozens of searches, reads hundreds of sources and reasons what to do next, …

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Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas adds Bhagavad Gita twist to ChatGPT’s viral Ghibli-style image trend

Did Nikhil Kamath just apply for a 3-month internship? Indian-origin CEO reacts to his unexpected request

‘You’re Tamilian, right?’ Nikhil Kamath shocked as Aravind Srinivas reveals he is the first engineer of his family

Arpit Choudhury massive prize money in Perplexity Champions Trophy Giveaway; who is he? check how much he’s won

Nikhil Kamath podcast: Why Perplexity co-founder didn't explore Bengaluru during internship

‘We passed by IIT Madras on a bus, my mom would…’: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on growing up as a Chennai boy

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas recalls internship days: ‘Stayed in, worked hard, avoided Bengaluru traffic’

Perplexity AI CEO explains why he never explored Bengaluru on Nikhil Kamath's podcast

AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok

AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok

Perplexity announces ‘contest’ for Champions Trophy 2025 final, prize money of ₹1 crore promised

Germany's Deutsche Telekom announces new AI phone with Aravind Srinivas's Perplexity, price under $1,000

Perplexity AI steps in as Suresh Sambandam questions Kumbh Mela 2025 visitor count: Here’s what it said..

Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli? Perplexity AI chooses GOAT in cricket, ‘unmatched longevity and consistency’

Paytm users can now use AI search to ask questions ‘without having to pay anything’, thanks to Perplexity: Here’s how

‘Good for the world’: Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas backs using more time on his app than Instagram

Paytm partners with Perplexity for AI-powered search feature on app

Perplexity AI ventures beyond search with ‘Comet’ agentic browser to rival Google Chrome

Perplexity to launch an AI browser Comet rivalling Google Chrome

Grok 3 launch: What do AI models think about their competitor?

Perplexity AI launches Deep Research tool for free

ChatGPT vs Perplexity: Sam Altman praises Aravind Srinivas’ Deep Research AI; ‘Proud of you’

Weekly Tech Recap: JioHotstar launched, Sam Altman vs Elon Musk feud intensifies, Perplexity takes on ChatGPT and more

Perplexity takes on ChatGPT and Gemini with new Deep Research AI that completes most tasks in under 3 minutes