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Interning at Google DeepMind in 2019 as a fledgling Ph.D. holder from UC Berkeley, the founder recounts a formative experience marked by comfort and creativity. The vibrant office environment offered “pods” for napping, an abundance of food, and the chance to observe firsthand the ambitious scope of AI innovation. The thrill of working amidst groundbreaking technology would later inform his decision to establish Perplexity, an AI-driven search platform re-engineering how answers are sourced and presented.