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Beyond NYU: Challenging Tech Giants

After years of machine learning research at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, writing papers and solving computational problems, Yarats never planned on starting a company.

Today, as co-founder and chief technology officer of $20 billion startup Perplexity AI, he is challenging the dominant search engine with a new AI-powered alternative.

Yarats credits his four years at NYU for the mindset that made it possible.

In an interview with WSN, Yarats spoke about his Courant education and competing with trillion-dollar companies.

Author's summary: NYU alum challenges tech giants with AI startup.

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