Perplexity Rents Blackwell Ultra GPUs From IREN
Perplexity will run Computer's models and agents on Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs at an IREN campus under a multi-year deal with undisclosed terms.
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Co-founder and CEO, Perplexity
Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity. He earned a computer-science PhD at UC Berkeley and worked in AI research before building an answer-oriented search company in 2022. His research includes contrastive learning for reinforcement learning. Perplexity’s subsequent products include research tools, the Comet browser and Computer, extending its scope from answering questions toward work across tools and applications.
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Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity. He earned a computer-science PhD at UC Berkeley and worked in AI research before building an answer-oriented search company in 2022. His research includes contrastive learning for reinforcement learning. Perplexity’s subsequent products include research tools, the Comet browser and Computer, extending its scope from answering questions toward work across tools and applications.
- Organization
- Perplexity
- Education
- Computer-science PhD, UC Berkeley, 2021
- Company founded
- 2022
- Research
- Co-author of CURL
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Perplexity announces Computer
Perplexity’s official archive dates the Computer announcement to February 25. Its workshop describes a system that plans and executes workflows across applications and tools.
Source: Perplexity official blog archive: dated product announcements ↗Perplexity introduces Comet
Perplexity announced Comet on July 9, according to its official archive. Berkeley’s interview describes the browser as integrating an AI assistant into the browsing experience.
Source: Perplexity official blog archive: dated product announcements ↗Perplexity announces Deep Research
The company’s official archive records the introduction of Perplexity Deep Research on February 14, adding a named research product to its answer-oriented search offering.
Source: Perplexity official blog archive: dated product announcements ↗Perplexity launches Enterprise Pro
Perplexity’s official archive records the Enterprise Pro launch on April 23, marking a company product milestone in extending its service to organizational customers.
Source: Perplexity official blog archive: dated product announcements ↗Co-founds Perplexity
Srinivas co-founded Perplexity in 2022 after working in AI research. In his Berkeley interview, he described wanting to drive change directly through entrepreneurship.
Source: UC Berkeley Haas: Aravind Srinivas interview and transcript ↗Completes computer-science PhD at Berkeley
UC Berkeley identifies Srinivas as a 2021 computer-science PhD graduate. His later campus interview describes the doctoral period as an influence on his path toward entrepreneurship.
Source: UC Berkeley Haas: Aravind Srinivas interview and transcript ↗Co-authors CURL
Srinivas co-authored CURL with Michael Laskin and Pieter Abbeel. The paper combined contrastive representations from images with off-policy reinforcement learning for visual control.
Source: Srinivas, Laskin and Abbeel: CURL paper ↗
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