Talk to any ex-Perplexity employee (there’s so many because of their ridiculously high turnover), and they’ll tell you the same thing:
Aravind is *obsessed* with Twitter/X
He literally spends 90% of his time thinking about how to get twitter engagement instead of running his company
Supposedly this has been a key point of tension between him and cofounders Denis + Johnny, who effectively run the company in his stead
The obsession sorta makes sense though, given that the only reason Perplexity exists is they happened to ride a viral twitter wave in 2023/24 and have been floundering ever since
@perplexity_ai Can you please stop the undisclosed promotion campaigns? It deceives users and it does not reflect well on your company or your integrity. @AravSrinivas
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One hilarious sentence that perfectly encapsulates what the venture capital game is all about
Ben Spector - founder of Flapping Airplanes - and Michael Truell - founder of Cursor - are longtime friends who went to the same private high school
Cursor bailout of Flappy is coming soon, don’t say I didn’t tell you
Never forget: it’s all a big club, and you’re not in it
@MartinShkreli of course they’re smart! ben spector created thunderkittens!
smart people are a dime a dozen in silicon valley
but not everyone gets a $180M of our pension money to play around with
@jamiequint not claiming it’s a conspiracy, we just need to be able to talk about this stuff like it is
yes, their team is smart! and yes, they are also peak nepo!
@MartinShkreli of course they’re smart! ben spector created thunderkittens!
smart people are a dime a dozen in silicon valley
but not everyone gets a $180M of our pension money to play around with
One hilarious sentence that perfectly encapsulates what the venture capital game is all about
Ben Spector - founder of Flapping Airplanes - and Michael Truell - founder of Cursor - are longtime friends who went to the same private high school
Cursor bailout of Flappy is coming soon, don’t say I didn’t tell you
Never forget: it’s all a big club, and you’re not in it
@MartinShkreli you don’t think calling out the old boys’ club is a good thing?
funny coming from you, i thought it was backroom deals by the prosecutors that did you in