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Gunning for Google with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas

Oct 3, 2023

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, discusses Perplexity's growth to millions of queries per day and their competition against Google. They also talk about the unique positioning of their product and the limitations of AI models.

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Aravind Srinivas

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Building a comprehensive and curated search index with the best data is crucial for search engine success.

Perplexity AI aims to build its own web crawler, search index, and language models to ensure product control and sustainability.

Perplexity AI has experienced significant growth in terms of queries served per day and positive user retention rates.

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Building a Search Index

The podcast discusses the importance of building a search index, highlighting the value of owning the best data and capturing the most relevant web pages. They emphasize the need for quality over quantity and the advantage that comes with having a comprehensive and curated index of valuable web pages.

The Changing Landscape of the Web and its Potential Impact

01:41

Building a Search Index: Importance of Data in the Cognitive Revolution

01:22

Introduction

5min

Introduction and Growth of the Perplexity App

14min

Encountering corruption in a Docker container environment and seeking a practical solution

1min

Personal Experiences and Limitations

7min

Discussion on Co-pilot and Its Modes

3min

Strategies for Answering Questions and Future Changes on the Web

22min

The State of Human AI Interaction and the Role of AI in Our Lives

5min

In this episode, Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity AI returns to the show. They discuss Perplexity’s growth to millions of queries per day, CEO Aravind’s favourite Perplexity use cases, and how Perplexity ships fast in a competitive landscape against Google and major AI live players creating their own search engines. If you're looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive

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LINKS:

- Perplexity AI: https://www.perplexity.ai/

- Part 1 with Aravind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYQZZu4MEM

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00:00) - Episode Preview

(00:01:12) - Introducing Aravind Srinivas and Perplexity AI

(00:05:05) - Perplexity's growth to millions of queries per day

(00:06:21) - Perplexity's retention and market share vs. ChatGPT

(00:08:32) - Improving reliability, speed, accuracy, and new features

(00:10:33) - Getting to daily usage from weekly usage

(00:13:21) - Aravind's favorite Perplexity use cases

(00:18:34) - Issues with lack of sufficient web coverage for hard queries

(00:18:38) - Sponsors: Netsuite | Omneky

(00:23:13) - Building their own search index and models for self-sufficiency

(00:26:29) - Using their own index vs real-time web queries

(00:28:43) - Integrating default search and Copilot companion experiences

(00:31:49) - Training their own models as the only viable long-term option

(00:36:56) - The web becoming more like an API accessed via AI assistants

(00:41:23) - Not trying to copy Google's business model

(00:44:36) - Spending more on compute than people to get scale efficiencies

(00:49:35) - Replacing all parts of the stack with their own proprietary versions

(00:53:59) - Shipping fast out of necessity in a competitive war zone

(00:58:00) - AI assistants becoming a significant part of human digital activity

The Cognitive Revolution is brought to you by the Turpentine Media network.

Producer: Vivian Meng

Executive Producers: Amelia Salyers, and Erik Torenberg

Editor: Graham Bessellieu

For inquiries about guests or sponsoring the podcast, please email vivian@turpentine.co

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