On being asked whether AI startups will be taken over by tech giants, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said, "Google had two years to kill Perplexity and it hasn't". He added that Google's dependence on advertising revenue obstructs its adoption of full-scale AI-generated responses. In an apparent dig at Google, Aravind said, "If AI gave...direct answers...then...how can you sell Ticketmaster ads?"