Derek Tu (@derek2tu) 's Twitter Profile
Derek Tu

@derek2tu

building @perplexity_ai 🧠🔌 prev: Carbon.ai (acquired), #1 at @italic, @babson alum

ID: 2323088851

linkhttp://carbon.ai calendar_today02-02-2014 01:17:18

2,2K Tweet

1,1K Followers

568 Following

arman (@armankhon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My team is actively hiring software engineers: Pay: 180,000 - 210,000 USD Level: New grad/Intern Location: Seattle/Bay Area Tech stack: Go, React.js, Python -Referrals offered -Remote available -ML/AI roles available -Free breakfast/lunch/dinner -RTs appreciated

Nick Abouzeid, EA (@nickabouzeid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We raised a small pre-seed round led by XYZ Venture Capital alongside Shrug Capital, Andreas Klinger 🦾, and 40+ execs from Ramp, Deel, Newfront, Vial, & many more. We’ll be well-capitalized for many years, and are hiring a founding engineer too 👇 rivet-tax.notion.site/Hiring-Foundin…

Vlad Racoare (@vracoare) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to Carbon 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/enab…

Sensay ⛩️✨ (@asksensay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚀 Check out Carbon'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 🌐

ClearFeed (@clearfeedai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve expanded our knowledge sources in partnership with Carbon 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.

We’ve expanded our knowledge sources in partnership with <a href="/carbon__ai/">Carbon</a> to integrate 100+ data sources like Google Drive, Dropbox &amp; more to enhance GPT-powered support in Slack.

All your data is centralized, helping support teams find answers faster without leaving Slack.
Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Aravind Srinivas (@aravsrinivas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 team joining us to work on this!

Sally Shin (@sallyshin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congrats to Derek Tu 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.

nikhil thota (@nikhilthota) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super excited about this! I've been working with the Carbon team for the past few months and can confirm that they are cracked and will really accelerate our internal knowledge base efforts 🙌🏽

Will Manidis (@willmanidis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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
Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

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.
Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

Ask Perplexity (@askperplexity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Perplexity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Poogle for $2.2T - a significant step toward improving search in the AI era.

Perplexity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Poogle for $2.2T - a significant step toward improving search in the AI era.
Shrav Mehta (@shravvmehtaa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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: 🧵

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: 🧵
Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Starting today, Perplexity will come pre-installed on all new Motorola phones. Users will have direct access to search and assistant features across the motorola ecosystem, including a 3-month Pro subscription.