Aravind Srinivas

In fact, when we first rolled out Perplexity, there was a healthy debate about whether we should still show the link as a side panel or something, because there might be cases where the answer is not good enough or the answer hallucinates, right? And so people are like, you know, you still have to show the link so that people can still go and click on them and read. I said, no.

In fact, when we first rolled out Perplexity, there was a healthy debate about whether we should still show the link as a side panel or something, because there might be cases where the answer is not good enough or the answer hallucinates, right? And so people are like, you know, you still have to show the link so that people can still go and click on them and read. I said, no.

And that was like, okay, then you're gonna have like erroneous answers and sometimes the answer is not even the right UI. I might wanna explore. Sure, that's okay. You still go to Google and do that. We are betting on something that will improve over time. You know, the models will get better, smarter, cheaper, more efficient.

And that was like, okay, then you're gonna have like erroneous answers and sometimes the answer is not even the right UI. I might wanna explore. Sure, that's okay. You still go to Google and do that. We are betting on something that will improve over time. You know, the models will get better, smarter, cheaper, more efficient.

And that was like, okay, then you're gonna have like erroneous answers and sometimes the answer is not even the right UI. I might wanna explore. Sure, that's okay. You still go to Google and do that. We are betting on something that will improve over time. You know, the models will get better, smarter, cheaper, more efficient.

Our index will get fresher, more up-to-date contents, more detailed snippets. And all of these, the hallucinations will drop exponentially. Of course, there's still gonna be a long tail of hallucinations. Like you can always find some queries that perplexity is hallucinating on, but it'll get harder and harder to find those queries.

Our index will get fresher, more up-to-date contents, more detailed snippets. And all of these, the hallucinations will drop exponentially. Of course, there's still gonna be a long tail of hallucinations. Like you can always find some queries that perplexity is hallucinating on, but it'll get harder and harder to find those queries.

Our index will get fresher, more up-to-date contents, more detailed snippets. And all of these, the hallucinations will drop exponentially. Of course, there's still gonna be a long tail of hallucinations. Like you can always find some queries that perplexity is hallucinating on, but it'll get harder and harder to find those queries.

And so we made a bet that this technology is gonna exponentially improve and get cheaper. And so we would rather take a more dramatic position that the best way to actually make a dent in the search space is to not try to do what Google does, but try to do something they don't want to do.

And so we made a bet that this technology is gonna exponentially improve and get cheaper. And so we would rather take a more dramatic position that the best way to actually make a dent in the search space is to not try to do what Google does, but try to do something they don't want to do.

And so we made a bet that this technology is gonna exponentially improve and get cheaper. And so we would rather take a more dramatic position that the best way to actually make a dent in the search space is to not try to do what Google does, but try to do something they don't want to do.

For them to do this for every single query is a lot of money to be spent because their search volume is so much higher.

For them to do this for every single query is a lot of money to be spent because their search volume is so much higher.

For them to do this for every single query is a lot of money to be spent because their search volume is so much higher.

Yeah. So before I explain the Google AdWords model, let me start with a caveat that the company Google or called Alphabet, makes money from so many other things. And so just because the ad model is under risk doesn't mean the company is under risk. Like, for example, Sundar announced that Google Cloud and YouTube together are on a $100 billion annual recurring rate right now.

Yeah. So before I explain the Google AdWords model, let me start with a caveat that the company Google or called Alphabet, makes money from so many other things. And so just because the ad model is under risk doesn't mean the company is under risk. Like, for example, Sundar announced that Google Cloud and YouTube together are on a $100 billion annual recurring rate right now.

Yeah. So before I explain the Google AdWords model, let me start with a caveat that the company Google or called Alphabet, makes money from so many other things. And so just because the ad model is under risk doesn't mean the company is under risk. Like, for example, Sundar announced that Google Cloud and YouTube together are on a $100 billion annual recurring rate right now.

So that alone should qualify Google as a trillion-dollar company if you use a 10x multiplier and all that. So the company is not under any risk even if the search advertising revenue stops delivering. No, so let me explain the search advertising revenue for Artnext. So the way Google makes money is it has the search engine. It's a great platform.

So that alone should qualify Google as a trillion-dollar company if you use a 10x multiplier and all that. So the company is not under any risk even if the search advertising revenue stops delivering. No, so let me explain the search advertising revenue for Artnext. So the way Google makes money is it has the search engine. It's a great platform.

So that alone should qualify Google as a trillion-dollar company if you use a 10x multiplier and all that. So the company is not under any risk even if the search advertising revenue stops delivering. No, so let me explain the search advertising revenue for Artnext. So the way Google makes money is it has the search engine. It's a great platform.