Derek Tu

building @perplexity_ai 🧠🔌 prev: (acquired), #1 at @italic, @babson alum

[Derek Tu @Derek2Tu]

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.

[Derek Tu @Derek2Tu]

@jjeremycai DM’ed!

[Frank te Pas @franktepas]

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.

[Derek Tu @Derek2Tu]

@buzinover @jennysvng Huge!!

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

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.

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

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.

[Shrav Mehta @shravvmehtaa]

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: 🧵

[Computer @AskPerplexity]

Perplexity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Poogle for $2.2T - a significant step toward improving search in the AI era.

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

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.

[Derek Tu @Derek2Tu]

@shweta_ai 😂 ok touché

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

A message from our new Chief Security Officer at Perplexity:

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

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.

[Derek Tu @Derek2Tu]

@alexgraveley @ai_minion welcome, sir!

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

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.

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

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

[Adam Silverman (Hiring!) 🖇️ @adamsilverman]

The best agent companies are not OpenAI wrappers, they are API wrappers

🎉 Congrats @Derek2Tu

[nikhil thota @nikhilthota]

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 🙌🏽

[Derek Tu @Derek2Tu]

@nikhilthota @carbon__ai stoked to work with ya!

and you're the cracked one. 😂

[Derek Tu @Derek2Tu]

@mitch_troy not as cool as the 34m you just raised 😏 - huge congrats!!

[Perplexity @perplexity_ai]

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.