Perplexity Co-founder: Big-Tech Jobs Beat Academia 10x, Founding Teams Beat It 100x
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-21
Gabriel (Perplexity co-founder) follows up: academia isn't useless, just highly suboptimal — being a big-company employee is 10x better, and being a founder or founding team member is 100x better. He admits he was shockingly out of touch with reality before starting a company.
Related event: Perplexity Co-founder Gabriel Slams Academic Credentials(2 posts)→
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