About
Denis Yarats co-founded Perplexity in 2022 and serves as Chief Technology Officer, having been an AI research scientist at Meta AI and completed a doctorate at NYU on reinforcement learning. He built the retrieval and inference stack behind Perplexity's answer engine as it scaled to a multi-billion-dollar valuation.
Co-founder & CTO at Perplexity
Intro paths
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In turn, Denis can intro founders to Perplexity's investors below.
Perplexity's investors · 56
359 Capitalsince 20237BC Venture CapitalSan Francisco · since 2023AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2023Advaita CapitalBoston · since 2023AIX VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2023Arrington CapitalMiami · since 2023Arrington XRP CapitalSeattle · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023Aser VenturesLondon · since 2023AVVHo Chi Minh City · $250K – $2M checks · since 2023B Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checks · since 2023B4 Capital$10M – $50M checks · since 2023Balaji Srinivasan$10K – $500K checks · since 2023Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2023Beyond CapitalSan Diego · since 2023Bezos Expeditionssince 2023BroadLight CapitalGreenwich · since 2023Builders + Backerssince 2023Cosmic Venture PartnersAustin · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023Databricks VenturesSan Francisco · since 2023Defy PartnersWoodside · $3M – $10M checks · since 2023Deviation CapitalNew York · since 2023E1 VenturesSan Francisco · since 2023Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2023EQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks · since 2023Factorial FundsSan Francisco · since 2023Firestreak Venturessince 2023Flex Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023Foundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2023Gestio CapitalLondon · since 2023Glade Brook Capital PartnersGreenwich · since 2023Graphene VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $2M checks · since 2023IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2023Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2023Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2023Laude VenturesAtherton · since 2023M13New York · $4M – $7M checks · since 2023Maven VenturesPalo Alto · $1M checks · since 2023Millennium Technology Value PartnersBelgrade · since 2023MyAsiaVCSeattle · since 2023Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.Toronto · since 2023New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2023Norwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checks · since 2023Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks · since 2023NuVenturesNew Jersey · since 2023ProgressionSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2023Rosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checks · since 2023Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023SoftBank Vision FundLondon · since 2023SquareOne CapitalMiami · since 2023Standard CapitalSan Francisco · since 2023Strategxy Ventures LLCBeverly Hills · $1M – $5M checks · since 2023Valor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023VeronorteMedellín · since 2023WAGMI Venturessince 2023WayraMadrid · $54K – $5.4M checks · since 2023WealthUnion$10K checks · since 2023
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Co-founders at Perplexity
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Andrew D. KonwinskiExecutive Officer, Director
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Dzianis YaratsDirector
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Aravind Srinivas LakshminarayananDirector, Executive Officer
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Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Denis Yarats work?
- Denis Yarats is Co-founder & CTO at Perplexity.
- What companies did Denis Yarats found?
- Denis Yarats founded Perplexity.
Paths to reach Denis
People who overlapped with Denis at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.
Together at PerplexityDenis: Co-founder & CTO
Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIIndian Institute of Technology, Madras · University of California, BerkeleyPieter AbbeelAlumni at HouseByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersUniversity of California, BerkeleyCack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Princeton University · The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessAsh ShrivastavVenture Partner at Buckhill CapitalUniversity of CambridgeArmita HosseiniVenture Fellow at Leonis CapitalAlexander Mackenzie High School · International Baccalaureate · Kode With Klossy
