See our interview with Dmitry Shevelenko Dmitry Shevelenko Dmitry Shevelenko is the Chief Business Officer at Perplexity AI , which has raised $ 165 million in funding and is valued at over $ 1 billion . Its investors include big names like Jeff Bezos , Nvidia , Databricks and others . Previously , Dmitri served as a co - founder and President at Tortoise . He gained experience by working at various leading mobility and future of work companies : Uber , LinkedIn and Meta . Chief Business Officer at Perplexity AI