- Published on May 6, 2024
- In Deep Tech
Meet the Indian AI Startup Building a Private Perplexity for Enterprise
“The main reason we started this was to check if we can actually build something like Google from India,” said Vishnu Ramesh.
- By Mohit Pandey
There are essentially two challenges for generative AI in enterprise space. The first is that every company wants a solution based on their private data, and the second is that the data is too sensitive for companies to publish on the web. Subtl.ai started building a solution for this back in 2020.
“Microsoft has a lot of security features on top of its OpenAI offerings. But at the end of the day, it’s still a common endpoint, making it difficult for companies in the banking or sensitive data sector to rely on it,” said Vishnu Ramesh, founder of Subtl.ai, in an interview with AIM.
Ramesh calls Subtl.ai a ‘private Perplexity built on light models for enterprise’. The company started as a for-profit research company out of IIIT Hyderabad and has built a light stack, which can
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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