Perplexity mandated the use of AI coding tools for its engineers, resulting in a remarkable increase in productivity. Experimentation time for new tasks has been reduced from several days to just one hour. The company has experienced rapid growth, processing 780 million queries in May alone and predicting it will handle a billion queries weekly within a year. However, challenges remain, as AI coding assistants can introduce unfamiliar bugs that software engineers may find difficult to resolve.
Perplexity has made the use of AI coding tools compulsory for its engineers, leading to notable productivity increases in code generation and debugging.
Engineers at Perplexity have reduced experimentation time for new tasks from several days to just one hour through the use of AI tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot.
Perplexity reported a 20% month-over-month growth in May, handling 780 million queries, with predictions to reach a billion queries a week within a year.
Despite the productivity gains, there are challenges with AI coding assistants, including the introduction of unfamiliar bugs that engineers struggle to fix.
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