At Axios' BFD San Francisco, Perplexity's CEO said AI answers mean trouble for the search giant.
Perplexity CEO & co-founder Aravind Srinivas speaks at Axios BFD in San Francisco on Tuesday. Photo credits: Axios BFD San Francisco 2024doesn't faze Perplexity AI CEO and co-founder Aravind Srinivas — whose startup has offered a popular AI-driven search tool providing similar digests for nearly two years.
Perplexity, Srinivas said, was also exploring revenue from advertising, but it would try to sell ads more indirectly. "Ads should never come at the cost of serving a correct answer."Google has always said that it never allows ad dollars to influence search results. But over the years its sponsored results have multiplied and grown visually more similar to the "organic," unsponsored results.it has raised an additional $62.
AI startups keep raising more money, Srinivas said, because "you need to hire really smart people, and those people are expensive.""Famous last words," Srinivas quipped and said he was definitely not going to predict his company would go public.Share on linkedin
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