The timing isn’t subtle. Perplexity recently unveiled Comet, an AI-first browser built to make search feel conversational and context-aware.

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas has publicly criticised Google’s Android operating system, claiming it is currently built to sustain the tech giant’s ad-driven business model rather than support the next generation of AI-powered,

CEO and co-founder Aravind Srinivas will explain at Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco. Perplexity is one of a handful of top-level AI providers vying for the position of successor to the search engine.

Perplexity wants to make search engines without AI a thing of the past. Cofounded by Aravind Srinivas, Johnny Ho, Denis Yarats and Andy Konwinski in 2022,

Aravind Srinivas co-founded Perplexity AI after brief stints at OpenAI and Google. His company is building a formidable A.I. search product competing with Google Search.

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas denied financial trouble and IPO rumors, ... Auto mode lets Perplexity choose the best AI model for a prompt rather than allowing users to manually select one.