Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas advised young founders to accept that larger companies will likely copy successful ideas. During his speech at Y Combinator's AI Startup School, he noted that bigger firms, under pressure to justify capital expenditures, will replicate effective business models. Srinivas emphasized the importance of working hard while preparing for potential competition from industry giants. He pointed out that Perplexity launched its web-crawling chatbot in contrast to previous models that relied solely on limited training data, further stressing the need for innovation amid competitive threats.
Srinivas stated that bigger companies will 'copy anything that's good' and advised young founders to 'live with that fear.' Larger players will often replicate successful ideas.
He emphasized that founders should expect their ideas to be copied, particularly if their companies could generate revenue at a massive scale.
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