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.
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.
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
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.
Read Fortune ArticleAbout the Perplexity AI Business Fellowship
Matthew Dobson, Founder and CEO of AVA Credit Inc., was selected for the inaugural Perplexity AI Business Fellowship in 2025, an elite program for business leaders navigating AI adoption. The fellowship brought together professionals from over 30 countries alongside industry titans including Jensen Huang (NVIDIA), Ali Ghodsi (Databricks), Aaron Levie (Box), Eric Glyman (Ramp), and Aaron Linksy (Bridgewater). Running from March to August 2025, the program covered AI product strategy, automation, enterprise deployment, and human-AI collaboration. Perplexity AI, valued at $20B, serves 780M+ monthly queries across 238 countries. AVA Credit Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
