India, March 27 -- Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has said that he is the first engineer in his extended family.

The revelation was made by the Perplexity CEO during a podcast with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath.

"My mom works in the central government, and my dad was an accountant. He was a financial accountant. So I am actually the first engineer in the extended family," Aravind Srinivas replied, when he was asked about his family.

The answer came as a shock to Zerodha co-founder, who sought to know about Aravind Srinivas' Tamil roots.

"Really? You're a Tamilian, right?" Nikhil Kamath asked.

To this, the Perplexity CEO explained that his family has a background in accounts. "Yeah, but our family had more of an accounting backgro...