In this exclusive AI Day session, Vivek Ravisankar, Co-founder & CEO, HackerRank, engages in a compelling dialogue with Aravind Srinivas, Co-founder & CEO of Perplexity, one of the leading companies shaping the future of information access and applied AI. This conversation explores: - The genesis of Perplexity and its bold ambition to challenge Google at its core - How product focus, rapid iteration, and deep technical conviction drive scale - The duality of AI: exponential developer productivity and the anxiety it brings - What it means to be a modern software “orchestrator” in an AI-first world - Why India must build foundational AI models to secure global relevance More than a founder’s story , this is a forward-looking perspective on how AI will redefine work, software, & global innovation ecosystems.