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Perplexity concludes "Billion Dollar Build" competition with 8 finalists

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Perplexity AI has concluded its "Billion Dollar Build" competition, which ran for seven weeks and saw 1,500 teams participate. The competition culminated in a live event on June 9th where eight finalists presented their projects to a panel of judges including Arav Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, and Lewis Hamilton, a seven-time Formula 1 World Champion. AI

IMPACT This competition highlights innovative applications built by teams, potentially showcasing new use cases for AI technologies.

RANK_REASON This is a competition organized by an AI company, but it is not a core AI release or research.

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Perplexity concludes "Billion Dollar Build" competition with 8 finalists

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  1. X — Perplexity TIER_1 English(EN) · perplexity_ai ·

    1,500 teams entered the Billion Dollar Build and have been building for 7 weeks.

    1,500 teams entered the Billion Dollar Build and have been building for 7 weeks. 8 finalists present live on June 9 to our judges @LewisHamilton (7x World Champion Driver), @AravSrinivas (CEO, Perplexity), and @richminer (Co-Founder, Android). Register: https://t.co/INMkvH9802 …

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