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Perplexity launches massive search API to take on Google’s dominance

The Search API poses the most significant challenge yet to Google's dominance in providing search infrastructure to developers, offering access to an index spanning hundreds of billions of web pages with real-time updates and AI-optimized results formatting. The move comes as Perplexity positions itself as a disruptive force in the search industry, following its audacious $34.5 billion bid for Google's Chrome browser in August.

Michael Nuñez
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Exclusive: Pinecone founder Edo Liberty moves from CEO to Chief Scientist, names Googler Ash Ashutosh as leader

On Monday, the New York City-based startup delcared that its founder and longtime CEO, Edo Liberty, will move into a new role as Chief Scientist. Taking his place at the helm as CEO is Ash Ashutosh, a former Google global sales director and veteran entrepreneur with four decades of experience in data infrastructure.

Carl Franzen