Q&A with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on Motorola partnership, Perplexity's upcoming browser Comet, TikTok bid, ChatGPT's scale, Google's DOJ trial, and more
Aravind Srinivas discusses his partnership with Motorola, fighting Google, and why AI assistants are coming for browsers.
The Verge Alex Heath
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Discussion
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I spoke with Perplexity's CEO about fighting Google's dominance, why he thinks browsers are the next frontier for AI assistants, his bid for TikTok, and more www.theverge.com/command-line...
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All our products, from search to the Orion browser, are built on a simple and uncompromising principle: delivering high-quality, ad-free, privacy-first services without exploiting user data. — Not only is it possible - it's essential to help create the web we deserve. — https…
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“one reason Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app. This so it can sell premium ads.” — This is so fun and great, it's exactly the techno-optimistic future I hoped for. — https://techcrunch.com/...
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Ben Kaplan
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Good spotlight on the progress, future and priorities for @AravSrinivas and the @perplexity_ai team. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@richontech
Rich DeMuro
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This is absolutely fascinating. What a helpful startup like Perplexity is up against when the big guys try to lock them out in any way they can. https://www.theverge.com/...