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▶ 0:00 · $PERPLEXITY · Perplexity at $20B: 45M users, 1B searches/month, $34B Chrome bid forced Google to redesign
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Perplexity CEO: I have nothing to lose

2026-06-15 · 1 company · 0 thematic
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aravind srinivas

Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, the AI answer engine. Previously a research scientist at OpenAI, Google and DeepMind.

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“A $20 billion company. 45 million users. Over a billion searches a month. Built in 3 years by 400 people. They forced Google to redesign their homepage. Then bid $34 billion to buy Chrome. More than their own valuation. Perplexity changed…”
—aravind srinivas
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Perplexity at $20B: 45M users, 1B searches/month, $34B Chrome bid forced Google to redesign
In 3 years with 400 people Perplexity changed google.com more than any internal Google PM and bid $34B (more than its own valuation) for Chrome. Google's AI Mode is an admission t…