Perplexity AI CEO shares career advice he got from Sam Altman he wants everyone to follow

2026-03-28 - 12:29

Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas credits Sam Altman's advice – 'pursue what comes easy to you but is hard for others' – for his AI success. A brute-force win in an undergraduate data science contest, despite lacking formal training, solidified his natural aptitude. This intuition, rather than credentials, propelled him to co-found the $9 billion AI company.