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Aravind Srinivas

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Aravind Srinivas is the CEO and co-founder of Perplexity AI.

Last updated Oct 7, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
CEO & Co-founder
Company
Perplexity
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Bio

Aravind Srinivas is the CEO and co-founder of Perplexity AI. Perplexity launched a publishers' revenue-sharing program in July 2024, designed to distribute advertising income with content partners. In February 2026, the company moved away from that ad-integrated model, adopting a subscription-first approach that leadership stated was intended to preserve user trust by prioritizing objective results over ad revenue. Prior to founding Perplexity, Srinivas held research positions at OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and other AI research institutions. Source 1: wikipedia.org — Perplexity AI

Career

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Expertise & education

Education

  • PhD, Computer Science (Reinforcement Learning & Generative Models), UC Berkeley
  • BTech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

Recognition

Publications

  • Academic research on reinforcement learning and generative models (UC Berkeley, 2018–2022)
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