Big Tech cannot copy Perplexity’s Comet, says CEO Aravind Srinivas

Perplexity chief executive Aravind Srinivas said he is not worried about Big Tech like OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic trying to copy Comet, its new web browser with AI-powered search capabilities, saying it takes time for anyone to build such a product compared to any chat tool and that those companies cannot win at every sector.

“It’s natural when there is a lot of money to be made in a certain sector, people are going to try to copy it, and there is only a limited number of things you can be world-class at, whether it is building great models or…