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:

00:01:12 - 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
00:23:13 - 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

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Producer: Vivian Meng
Executive Producers: Amelia Salyers, and Erik Torenberg
Editor: Graham Bessellieu
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