New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- While startup founders usually spend weeks crafting the perfect pitch deck, Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas says he instead lets his own AI answer investor questions to secure funding. The AI startup had last raised $73.6 million at a $520 million valuation, according to a report by The Information.

​In an interaction with Berkeley Haas, Srinivas revealed that he hasn't created a pitch deck since Perplexity completed its Series A round in March 2023, when the startup raised $25.6 million. Instead, Srinivas says he has been relying on written memos, live Q&A sessions, and most remarkably, AI-generated responses to close subsequent funding rounds.

​"Series A was the only time I made a pitch deck. I've ...