Overview
- Aravind Srinivas, 31, debuts on the M3M Hurun India Rich List 2025 with an estimated net worth of Rs 21,190 crore, making him the country’s youngest billionaire.
- Media reports place Perplexity’s valuation at about $18 billion by mid‑2025 with over 30 million active users and roughly 780 million monthly queries.
- Distribution accelerated after a May 2025 deal with Bharti Airtel that offered 360 million subscribers free access to Perplexity Pro.
- Perplexity has expanded its product lineup with the Comet browser for Pro users, promoting cited, conversational answers as an alternative to link-based search.
- Srinivas is a Chennai-born IIT Madras and UC Berkeley graduate who worked at OpenAI, Google and DeepMind; he cites monthly mentorship from Satya Nadella, has resisted buyout interest, and was reported to have made a $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome.