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Derek Tu

@Derek2Tu

building @perplexity_ai 🧠🔌 prev: https://nitter.cf/t.co/6IJFA2UAEm (acquired), #1 at @italic, @babson alum

 Seattle
carbon.ai
Joined February 2014
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Over the past year, our team built GenAI apps that were featured in popular AI newsletters, like @bensbitesdaily, and on stage at @Google IO. Through the process, we realized companies must still excel at the "basics" in order to build top-notch AI experiences.
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Decades of machining knowledge live in hands, not manuals. It's the kind of nuance that takes years to learn, and it's the backbone behind our ships, rockets, and airplanes. There's still time left in the fourth quarter. Time to build. Randy's story, live here at Neuramill.
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RT @prabhadublish: @ycombinator always tell you to launch, im not gonna lie i was nervous to do it. putting yourself out there can be ki…
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a patient verifies their identity once. in a couple clicks, @hubblehealthai assembles their medical records from across their providers for your AI agent to use. we connect into EHRs and HIEs, and leverage browser and voice agents so you don't have to do any work.
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Neat Perplexity Spaces update: On web, you can now search your Spaces by @ mentioning them directly from Perplexity’s main search. No need to navigate to the Space first. A shortcut to the context you need.
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Starting today, Perplexity will come pre-installed on all new Motorola phones. Users will have direct access to search and assistant features across the @Moto ecosystem, including a 3-month Pro subscription.
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You can now access Box and Dropbox, in addition to Google Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint with Perplexity Enterprise Pro. Get comprehensive answers by running Deep Research on internal files and the web, all with enterprise-grade security.
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Nikesh Arora makes $288M/year in salary. More than Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. He turned Palo Alto Networks from $19B to $120B in 5 years. Previously built Google’s Europe Business ($8B) and Softbank. The highest paid CEO you’ve never heard of: 🧵
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Perplexity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Poogle for $2.2T - a significant step toward improving search in the AI era.
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Introducing Deep Research on Perplexity. Deep Research lets you generate in-depth research reports on any topic. Available to everyone for free—up to 5 queries per day for non-subscribers and 500 queries per day for Pro users.
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Perplexity now integrates with @crunchbase and @FactSet. Do more market research in less time, with the latest funding and investment info right at your fingertips. Try it with DeepSeek R1 as well. Available now for Enterprise Pro users.
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Introducing Sonar: Perplexity’s API. Sonar is the most affordable search API product on the market. Use it to build generative search, powered by real-time information and citations, into your apps. We’re also offering a Pro version with deeper functionality.
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I went to Olin College, a tiny engineering school outside Boston. Olin was once the top engineering college in America, now its in free fall. The actions of the board and administration are unacceptable; Olin was a powerhouse, and it still can be. Here's what's really going on
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The best agent companies are not OpenAI wrappers, they are API wrappers 🎉 Congrats @Derek2Tu
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Super excited about this! I've been working with the @carbon__ai team for the past few months and can confirm that they are cracked and will really accelerate our internal knowledge base efforts 🙌🏽
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@perplexity_ai18 Dec 2024
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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Starting early next year, Perplexity will not just let you search over the web. It will connect to Notion, Docs, Slack, and more. I am excited about the @carbon__ai team joining us to work on this!
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@perplexity_ai18 Dec 2024
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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Congrats to @Derek2Tu and the team. Carbon has been the connective tissue for many genAI companies to connect external data to LLMs. Proud to be an early investor and to see the team continue to grow at @perplexity_ai.
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@perplexity_ai18 Dec 2024
We're excited to announce that we've acquired Carbon, a retrieval engine that connects external data sources to large language models. Soon, we'll integrate Carbon's data connectors into our tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Notion and Google Docs directly to Perplexity.
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We’ve expanded our knowledge sources in partnership with @carbon__ai to integrate 100+ data sources like Google Drive, Dropbox & more to enhance GPT-powered support in Slack. All your data is centralized, helping support teams find answers faster without leaving Slack. clearfeed.ai/blogs/clearfeed…
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🚀 Check out @carbon__ai's latest blog post showcasing our partnership! Discover how Sensay tackled user query handling, scalability, and user experience challenges with Carbon's cutting-edge tech. Explore the transformative outcomes and enhanced capabilities 🌐 👉carbon.ai/customers/sensay
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Thanks to @carbon__ai we managed to get so much done in record time, mainly because we didn't need to build an entire RAG architecture from scratch. Here, have a read 👀: carbon.ai/customers/enabling…
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