After years of machine learning research at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, writing papers and solving computational problems, a researcher 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, Yarats spoke about his Courant education and competing with trillion-dollar companies.
Author's summary: NYU graduate challenges Google with AI startup.