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Perplexity AI Fellowship

An elite program for business leaders navigating the front lines of AI adoption alongside industry titans from Perplexity, NVIDIA, Databricks, Box, leading financial institutions and venture firms.

Elite AI Business Program 30+ Countries March–August 2025

Accepted into an exclusive cohort of professionals from over 30 countries, Matthew Dobson joined the inaugural Perplexity AI Business Fellowship alongside fellow business leaders, builders, and operators.

“The winners in this era won’t be the ones with the biggest models — they’ll be the ones with the best operators.”
— Jensen Huang, CEO & Co-founder, NVIDIA

Running from March to August 2025, this behind-the-scenes program provided rare access to the minds shaping enterprise AI, covering everything from AI product strategy and automation to deployment in complex organizations and human-AI collaboration.

Perplexity Fellowship Highlights

July 11, 2025
The Future of AI with Jensen Huang
CEO & Co-founder, NVIDIA
June 13, 2025
Growth & Scaling with AI
Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp
May 30, 2025
AI for Financial Research & Trading
Aaron Linsky, CTO of Bridgewater
May 09, 2025
AI Hype Cycle Reality Check
Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks
May 02, 2025
Building AI Products for Enterprise
Aaron Levie, CEO of Box
March 21, 2025
Program Kickoff
Aravind Srinivas & Dmitry Shevelenko
Featured Coverage

Fortune Magazine: “Is Perplexity a Google Killer?”

Fortune’s August/September 2025 cover story explores how Perplexity AI is challenging Google’s search dominance and pioneering the shift from search engines to “answer engines.” The article highlights the company’s rapid growth and its groundbreaking AI-native browser, Comet.

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Fellowship Profile
Matthew Dobson
Perplexity AI Business Fellow · 2025
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Perplexity AI Business Fellowship — AVA Research

Matthew Dobson, Founder and CEO of AVA Credit Inc., was selected for the inaugural Perplexity AI Business Fellowship in 2025. Elite program for business leaders from 30+ countries. Sessions with Jensen Huang (NVIDIA), Ali Ghodsi (Databricks), Aaron Levie (Box), Eric Glyman (Ramp), Aaron Linsky (Bridgewater). March–August 2025. Perplexity AI: $20B valuation, 780M+ monthly queries, 238 countries. AVA Credit Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.