Aravind Srinivas (born June 7, 1994) is an Indian computer scientist and entrepreneur, best known as the CEO and co-founder of Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence company specializing in conversational search technologies.

Kevin Ashton is a British technology pioneer born in 1968, best known for co‑founding MIT’s Auto‑ID Center and coining the term “Internet of Things”. He later led startups such as Zensi and authored the award‑winning book *How to Fly a Horse* (2015).