Creating the future of search and competing vs Google with Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas | E1770

This Week in Startups is presented by: Crowdbotics. Great ideas can change the world, and Crowdbotics is the fastest way to turn those ideas into code. Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at crowdbotics.com/twist Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal-breaker for startups to win new business. Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC 2 report fast. TWiST listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at vanta.com/twist OpenPhone. Create business phone numbers for you and your team that work through an app on your smartphone or desktop. TWiST listeners can get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at openphone.com/twist * Today’s show: Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas joins Jason to discuss competing with the major players in the generative search / AI chatbot market (1:25), designing an AI-powered search engine (4:49), and much more. * Check out Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/ Follow Aravind: https://twitter.com/AravSrinivas * Time stamps: (00:00) Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas joins Jason (1:25) Competing in the generative search / AI chatbot market  (4:49) How Perplexity's AI model formulates answers (11:18) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at https://crowdbotics.com/twist (12:46) How Perplexity is citing sources (20:20) Incorporating advertising into AI chatbots (25:32) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (26:40) How Perplexity recruits talent and Aravind's time at OpenAI (32:04) The future of AI technology and overcoming overlap (38:26) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at ⁠https://openphone.com/twist (39:53) Meta's LLaMa model being leaked * Read LAUNCH Fund 4 Deal Memo: https://www.launch.co/four Apply for Funding: https://www.launch.co/apply Buy ANGEL: https://www.angelthebook.com Great recent interviews: Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland, PrayingForExits, Jenny Lefcourt Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow Jason: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jason Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis * Follow TWiST: Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.founder.university/podcast