Perplexity is designed to be a more intelligent search engine than Google, particularly useful in specific scenarios.

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is launching a product that competes directly with Perplexity, aiming to take over search and challenge Google.

For clients like Perplexity, the challenge is appealing to a broad audience, making it aspirational and relatable at the same time, while also transforming the AI experience from a simple question-and-answer interaction into a comprehensive knowledge portal, similar to how Google used to serve as the front page of the internet.

Leaving Google wasn't about starting a company; it was about personal growth and experiencing new things, which eventually led me to work with early-stage teams.

I realized there was potential in Perplexity when I saw the exponential increase in user engagement and questions being asked.

At Google, I learned the power of thinking really big, which became a normal part of how I operated.

Google's success came from hiring smart engineers to tackle complex problems, contrary to the belief that search was a commodity.

The early understanding at Google was that having enough data is the key to making things intelligent, rather than just iterating on algorithms.

Google was always intended to be an AI company, with its mission to gather all the world's data and feed it into a giant AI supercomputer.