Perplexity's CEO Aravind Srinivas used the early days of Elon Musk and SpaceX—when the billionaire refused to give up even after rockets would blow up—as a source of inspiration for his career.

Bengaluru startup Superjoin's co-founder is using 'vibe coding' – giving AI instructions to code – a trend gaining traction with tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Google's Firebase Studio.