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India is losing its best and brightest

India is losing its best and brightest
Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder and CEO of the AI-powered search engine Perplexity. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
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By Sadanand DhumeCould Aravind Srinivas have achieved his full potential by remaining in India instead of moving to Silicon Valley? The co-founder and chief executive of the artificial intelligence-powered search engine Perplexity, which Srinivas, 31, describes as “a marriage of Wikipedia and ChatGPT”, is the latest tech superstar to be feted by the Indian media.After a new round of funding this month, Perplexity is valued at US$18 billion (NZ$16.5b). Early investors in the startup include Amazon's Jeff Bezos, former YouTube CEO...

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