building @perplexity_ai 🧠🔌 prev: Carbon.ai (acquired), #1 at @italic, @babson alum
Joined February 2014
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Over the past year, our team built GenAI apps that were featured in popular AI newsletters, like @bensbitesdaily, and on stage at @Google IO.
Through the process, we realized companies must still excel at the "basics" in order to build top-notch AI experiences.
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20 Jun 2025
Neat Perplexity Spaces update: On web, you can now search your Spaces by @ mentioning them directly from Perplexity’s main search. No need to navigate to the Space first. A shortcut to the context you need.
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24 Apr 2025
Starting today, Perplexity will come pre-installed on all new Motorola phones.
Users will have direct access to search and assistant features across the @Moto ecosystem, including a 3-month Pro subscription.
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10 Apr 2025
You can now access Box and Dropbox, in addition to Google Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint with Perplexity Enterprise Pro.
Get comprehensive answers by running Deep Research on internal files and the web, all with enterprise-grade security.
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Derek Tu retweeted
7 Apr 2025
Nikesh Arora makes $288M/year in salary. More than Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella.
He turned Palo Alto Networks from $19B to $120B in 5 years.
Previously built Google’s Europe Business ($8B) and Softbank.
The highest paid CEO you’ve never heard of: 🧵
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1 Apr 2025
Perplexity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Poogle for $2.2T - a significant step toward improving search in the AI era.
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14 Feb 2025
Introducing Deep Research on Perplexity.
Deep Research lets you generate in-depth research reports on any topic.
Available to everyone for free—up to 5 queries per day for non-subscribers and 500 queries per day for Pro users.
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3 Feb 2025
A message from our new Chief Security Officer at Perplexity:
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28 Jan 2025
Perplexity now integrates with @crunchbase and @FactSet.
Do more market research in less time, with the latest funding and investment info right at your fingertips. Try it with DeepSeek R1 as well.
Available now for Enterprise Pro users.
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Derek Tu retweeted
21 Jan 2025
Introducing Sonar: Perplexity’s API.
Sonar is the most affordable search API product on the market. Use it to build generative search, powered by real-time information and citations, into your apps. We’re also offering a Pro version with deeper functionality.
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Derek Tu retweeted
23 Dec 2024
I went to Olin College, a tiny engineering school outside Boston.
Olin was once the top engineering college in America, now its in free fall. The actions of the board and administration are unacceptable; Olin was a powerhouse, and it still can be.
Here's what's really going on
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Derek Tu retweeted
18 Dec 2024
The best agent companies are not OpenAI wrappers, they are API wrappers
🎉 Congrats @Derek2Tu
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18 Dec 2024
Super excited about this! I've been working with the @carbon__ai team for the past few months and can confirm that they are cracked and will really accelerate our internal knowledge base efforts 🙌🏽
18 Dec 2024
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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18 Dec 2024
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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18 Dec 2024
Starting early next year, Perplexity will not just let you search over the web. It will connect to Notion, Docs, Slack, and more. I am excited about the @carbon__ai team joining us to work on this!
18 Dec 2024
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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18 Dec 2024
Congrats to @Derek2Tu and the team. Carbon has been the connective tissue for many genAI companies to connect external data to LLMs. Proud to be an early investor and to see the team continue to grow at @perplexity_ai.
18 Dec 2024
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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9 Sep 2024
We’ve expanded our knowledge sources in partnership with @carbon__ai to integrate 100 data sources like Google Drive, Dropbox & more to enhance GPT-powered support in Slack.
All your data is centralized, helping support teams find answers faster without leaving Slack. clearfeed.ai/blogs/clearfeed…
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Derek Tu retweeted
12 Jun 2024
🚀 Check out @carbon__ai's latest blog post showcasing our partnership!
Discover how Sensay tackled user query handling, scalability, and user experience challenges with Carbon's cutting-edge tech. Explore the transformative outcomes and enhanced capabilities 🌐
👉carbon.ai/customers/sensay
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Derek Tu retweeted
10 Mar 2024
Thanks to @carbon__ai we managed to get so much done in record time, mainly because we didn't need to build an entire RAG architecture from scratch.
Here, have a read 👀:
carbon.ai/customers/enabling…
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Derek Tu retweeted
25 Feb 2024
We raised a small pre-seed round led by @XYZ_VC alongside @ShrugCap, @AndreasKlinger, and 40 execs from Ramp, Deel, Newfront, Vial, & many more.
We’ll be well-capitalized for many years, and are hiring a founding engineer too 👇
rivet-tax.notion.site/Hiring…
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13 Feb 2024
My team is actively hiring software engineers:
Pay: 180,000 - 210,000 USD
Level: New grad/Intern
Location: Seattle/Bay Area
Tech stack: Go, React.js, Python
-Referrals offered
-Remote available
-ML/AI roles available
-Free breakfast/lunch/dinner
-RTs appreciated
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