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Aravind Srinivas

Aravind Srinivas is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Perplexity in 2022.[1]first-party sourceBerkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’ - Berkeley Engineeringengineering.berkeley.eduUC Berkeley identifies Srinivas as Perplexity co-founder and dates the founding to 2022; IIT Madras describes him as a computer scientist and entrepreneur.CheckedOpen original source

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Occupations
Computer scientist; entrepreneur[2]first-party sourceDr. Aravind SrinivasIndian Institute of Technology MadrasIIT Madras’s alumni profile describes Srinivas as a computer scientist and entrepreneur.CheckedOpen original source
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engineering.berkeley.edu[1]first-party sourceBerkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’ - Berkeley Engineeringengineering.berkeley.eduCheckedOpen original source

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Who is Aravind Srinivas?[3]first-party sourceAravind Srinivas, PerplexityPrinceton University AIPrinceton’s event biography states his prior research scientist roles and degrees; UC Berkeley and IIT Madras document the Perplexity founding and education timeline.CheckedOpen original source

Aravind Srinivas co-founded Perplexity in 2022 after completing a Ph.D. in computer science at UC Berkeley. He earned a dual degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras in 2017 and previously held research scientist roles at OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind.

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History

  1. Earned a dual degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras.[2]first-party sourceDr. Aravind SrinivasIndian Institute of Technology MadrasIIT Madras records the electrical engineering dual degree in 2017.CheckedOpen original source

  2. Completed a Ph.D. in computer science at UC Berkeley.[1]first-party sourceBerkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’ - Berkeley Engineeringengineering.berkeley.eduUC Berkeley records the doctorate in computer science in 2021.CheckedOpen original source

  3. Co-founded Perplexity.[1]first-party sourceBerkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’ - Berkeley Engineeringengineering.berkeley.eduUC Berkeley states that Srinivas co-founded Perplexity in 2022.CheckedOpen original source

  4. Delivered the keynote address at UC Berkeley’s Winter Commencement.[1]first-party sourceBerkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’ - Berkeley Engineeringengineering.berkeley.eduUC Berkeley’s December 2025 report identifies Srinivas as the Winter Commencement keynote speaker.CheckedOpen original source

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Leadership

Perplexity
Co-founder and CEO[3]first-party sourceAravind Srinivas, PerplexityPrinceton University AIPrinceton’s October 2025 event biography identifies him as Perplexity’s CEO and co-founder.CheckedOpen original source

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Related entities

  • createdPerplexity AI[4]structured public data sourcePerplexity AI — WikidataWikidataWikidata P112 links Perplexity AI to Aravind Srinivas.CheckedOpen original source
  • developsPerplexity AI[4]structured public data sourcePerplexity AI — WikidataWikidataWikidata P178 links Perplexity AI to Aravind Srinivas.CheckedOpen original source

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Sources

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  2. Dr. Aravind Srinivas

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras · first-party source

  3. Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity

    Princeton University AI · first-party source

  4. Perplexity AI — Wikidata

    Wikidata · structured public data source

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