# clm_7535C4D86652

subject: Perplexity AI (/record/perplexity-ai.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: Denis Yarats  
valid_from: 2022-08-01  
valid_to: null  
published: 2023-04-04  
recorded: 2026-10-31  
confidence: 0.75  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-10-31  
checked: 2026-10-31 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Originally from Chennai, India, Srinivas cofounded Perplexity in August 2022 with Andy Konwinski, Denis Yarats and Johnny Ho.

What https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/ says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/perplexity-ais-desi-ceo-aravind-srinivas-creates-a-new-billionaire-record/articleshow/124265955.cms (secondary)
- https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/ (secondary, Forbes)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/ (secondary, TechCrunch, published 2023-04-04)

## Supersedes

- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Denis Yarats | valid undated to 2022-12-07 | conf 0.10 | superseded | retracted | superseded_by [clm_7535C4D86652](/claim/clm_7535C4D86652.md) | [clm_98D25FDAD3E1](/claim/clm_98D25FDAD3E1.md)

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