Podjarny: Perplexity won't succeed as expected due to Google's dominant search moat
Guy Podjarny · Guy Podjarny: The Future of AI Software Development - What is Real & What is BS | E1232 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 29, 2024 · at 24:50
Guy Podjarny, founder of Tessl and Snyk, discusses whether AI search startup Perplexity can compete against incumbent search giants.
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“I still think perplexity is not going to go as far as people think. Mostly not because of OpenAI, but because of Google.”
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