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Perplexity CEO's warning to startups: big tech will "copy anything that's good"


Standing before an audience of aspiring founders, Srinivas underscored the importance of unwavering commitment. He advised, "work incredibly hard," acknowledging both the opportunities and risks in building...

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, addressing students at Y Combinator's AI Startup School, offered a stark warning to young entrepreneurs: "They will copy anything that's good." According to Srinivas, if a startup uncovers a business model capable of generating hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in revenue, larger players will inevitably take notice. With major technology companies regularly incorporating innovations discovered at startups, Perplexity's leaders have little doubt that imitation is a fact of life in today's AI sector.

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