# Perplexity AI founder

entity: /record/perplexity-ai.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/perplexity-ai/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Perplexity AI's founders on the AsOf record are Andrew Konwinski, Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats and Johnny Ho, each a claim of its own with its date, from 5 sources in all. The record holds 4 claims on Perplexity AI's founder, 4 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Andrew Konwinski | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.75 | valid | [clm_280AA0659A07](/claim/clm_280AA0659A07.md)
  sources: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/perplexity-ais-desi-ceo-aravind-srinivas-creates-a-new-billionaire-record/articleshow/124265955.cms, https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/
- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Aravind Srinivas | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_3A42A1F9DF7B](/claim/clm_3A42A1F9DF7B.md)
  sources: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/perplexity-ais-desi-ceo-aravind-srinivas-creates-a-new-billionaire-record/articleshow/124265955.cms, https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951, https://www.lepoint.fr/sciences-nature/aravind-srinivas-l-homme-qui-defie-google-18-04-2024-2558022_1924.php, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/
- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Denis Yarats | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.75 | valid | [clm_7535C4D86652](/claim/clm_7535C4D86652.md)
  sources: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/perplexity-ais-desi-ceo-aravind-srinivas-creates-a-new-billionaire-record/articleshow/124265955.cms, https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/
- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Johnny Ho | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_E484ADC01158](/claim/clm_E484ADC01158.md)
  sources: https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Andrew Konwinski | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.75 | valid | [clm_280AA0659A07](/claim/clm_280AA0659A07.md)
  sources: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/perplexity-ais-desi-ceo-aravind-srinivas-creates-a-new-billionaire-record/articleshow/124265955.cms, https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/
- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Aravind Srinivas | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_3A42A1F9DF7B](/claim/clm_3A42A1F9DF7B.md)
  sources: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/perplexity-ais-desi-ceo-aravind-srinivas-creates-a-new-billionaire-record/articleshow/124265955.cms, https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951, https://www.lepoint.fr/sciences-nature/aravind-srinivas-l-homme-qui-defie-google-18-04-2024-2558022_1924.php, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/
- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Denis Yarats | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.75 | valid | [clm_7535C4D86652](/claim/clm_7535C4D86652.md)
  sources: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/perplexity-ais-desi-ceo-aravind-srinivas-creates-a-new-billionaire-record/articleshow/124265955.cms, https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/
- [Perplexity AI](/record/perplexity-ai.md) | founder | Johnny Ho | valid 2022-08-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_E484ADC01158](/claim/clm_E484ADC01158.md)
  sources: https://www.forbes.com/profile/aravind-srinivas/, https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/04/ai-powered-search-engine-perplexity-ai-lands-26m-launches-ios-app/

## Questions this record answers

### Who are Perplexity AI's founders?

Andrew Konwinski (since August 1, 2022), Aravind Srinivas (since August 1, 2022), Denis Yarats (since August 1, 2022) and Johnny Ho (since August 1, 2022), as the record asserts them on November 1, 2026.


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