CEO of $14 billion AI firm Perplexity says the secret to success is ‘sleeping with that fear’ that your competitor will steal your idea

Preston Fore • July 17, 2025

Rather than letting that pressure paralyze him, Aravind Srinivas, the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity, uses it as fuel.

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CEO of $14 billion AI firm Perplexity says the secret to success is ‘sleeping with that fear’ that your competitor will steal your idea

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