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Perplexity AI

Product Pretty sure · citations actually matter
https://www.perplexity.ai

Search engine that remembers to cite its sources, wrapped in enough VC funding to make Google nervous for exactly two quarters.

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Perplexity is a competent search+summarization layer over existing models and APIs—no novel research, no new architecture. Signal: real users prefer it to ChatGPT for factual queries because inline citations let you verify (or at least *feel* like you can verify) claims. Slop: the company markets this as revolutionary when it's essentially better-UX Bing + Claude. Science: zero novel ML contributions. The business model is betting on brand preference in a commoditized space. It works today, p...

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