How a Middle Class Boy Built Perplexity AI From Nothing
Published February 16, 2026
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From an IIT Madras hostel room to building one of the fastest-growing AI startups in the world — this is the unbelievable journey of Aravind Srinivas and Perplexity AI. How did a middle-class boy create an AI platform now competing with tech giants? What makes Perplexity different from Google and other AI tools? This d…
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