Refactoring Podcast
How Perplexity Works — with Denis Yarats 🤖
May 31, 2024
Denis Yarats, CTO at Perplexity, discusses AI products, company structure, and internal AI utilization. Topics include Perplexity's history, AI model costs, open vs proprietary source, engineering team organization, startup planning, 'secret sauce', metrics, and future plans.
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Quick takeaways
- Time is a valuable resource for knowledge workers, emphasizing the trade-off between saving time and potentially paying more for net benefits.
- Strategic decisions and timing were crucial in the success of Perplexity, showcasing the pivot to web search for better results and user reception.
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Value of Time in the Tech Industry
Time is highlighted as a valuable resource, especially for knowledge workers using tools like Google and Perplexity. While Google is free, users indirectly pay with their time. The discussion emphasizes the trade-off between saving time and potentially paying more for services that offer net benefits to users.
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