Denis Yarats, Co-founder & CTO at Perplexity, discusses their AI-driven answer engine, highlighting its accuracy and validation. They explore the deficiencies in search engines and how Perplexity's approach improves information retrieval. The podcast delves into the challenges of search engine systems and the advancements in generative AI for accurate responses to user queries.

CTO of Perplexity, Denis Yarats, discusses transforming search engines using AI, challenges in search technology evolution, model preferences, balancing speed and quality, role of prompting in language models, providing unbiased answers, and founding principles of tech companies.

With advances in machine learning, the way we search for information online will never be the same.This week on the No Priors podcast, we dive into a startup that aims to be the most trustworthy place to search for information online. Perplexity.ai is a search engine that provides answers to questions in a conversational way and hints at what the future of search might look like.Aravind Srinivas is a Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity. He is a former research scientist at Open AI and completed his PhD in computer science at University of California Berkeley.Denis Yarats is a Co-Founder and Perplexity’s CTO. He has a background in machine learning, having worked as a Research Scientist at Facebook AI Research and a machine learning engineer at Quora.No Priors is now on YouTube! Subscribe to the channel on YouTube and like this episode.Show Links: Aravind Srinivas on Google Scholar Denis Yarats on Google Scholar Perplexity AI Perplexity AI Discord AI Chatbots Are Coming to Search Engines. Can You Trust Them? - Scientific American Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.comFollow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @AravSrinivas | @denisyaratsShow Notes: [1:46] - How Perplexity AI iterates quickly and how the company has changed over time[5:46] - Approach to hiring and building a fast-paced team[10:43] - Why you don’t need AI pedigree to transition to work or research AI[14:01] - Challenges when transitioning from AI research to running a company as CEO & CTO[16:50] - Why Perplexity only shows answers it can cite[19:33] - How Perplexity approaches reinforcement learning[20:49] - Trustworthiness and if an answer engine needs a personality[23:05] - Why answer engines will become their own market segment[26:38] - Implications of “the era of fewer clicks” on publishers and advertisers[30:20] - Monetization strategy[33:20] - Advice for those deciding between academia or startups

Guest Denis Yarats discusses Perplexity AI's AI-powered search engine, competition in the AI space, building genAI products, the future of AI and search, open-source vs closed-source AI, and the role of UI/UX in AI product development.

CTO Denis Yarats of Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine, discusses the company's journey from prototype to 10M users. Topics include text-to-SQL tool, ChatGPT, user data focus, early adopters, core technical competencies, subscription pricing, hardware partnerships, and future product vision. Sandhya Hegde of Unusual Ventures guides the conversation with insights on founder advice in the AI space.

Denis Yarats, Co-founder & CTO at Perplexity, discusses their AI-driven answer engine improving info retrieval accuracy. The podcast delves into the challenges in search engines, the use of large language models, and future trends in AI-driven decision-making.

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.