Engineer moves from LightOn to Perplexity to solve search
antoine_chaffin · x · 2026-08-20
Antoine Chaffin announced he is leaving LightOn to join Perplexity AI. He praised LightOn as an awesome place to work and expressed pride in what they built. The move keeps his goal of solving search alive. He thanked the LightOn team, especially co-founder Iacopo Poli, for the opportunities and freedom provided.
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