- Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Perplexity since 20221
Johnny Ho is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Perplexity, the AI answer-engine company he started in 2022 with Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, and Andy Konwinski. Forbes and conference bios describe him leading product and strategy; he comes from a competitive-programming background shared with other AI founders.123
At a glance
- Current role
- Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer
- Company
- Perplexity
- Fields
- Language models, Agents, Developer tools
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
Perplexity
Ho co-founded Perplexity in August 2022 and serves as CSO, focusing on product and strategy for the company's conversational search / answer engine. ScaleUp and Forbes profiles list him among the founding team with Srinivas, Yarats, and Konwinski.12
Timeline
Where they work
- Perplexity 4 people in the wiki
Open roles at Perplexity (131)
- Member of Technical Staff (AI Policy and Strategic Initiatives)San Francisco · Washington D.C.Posted Oct 24, 2026
- Compensation LeadNew York City · San Francisco · HybridPosted Oct 23, 2026
- Legal Response SpecialistNew York City · San Francisco +1 more · HybridPosted Oct 23, 2026
Related people
- Denis YaratsAlso at Perplexity
- Andy KonwinskiAlso at Perplexity
- Aravind SrinivasAlso at Perplexity
- Binyuan HuiAgents · Language models
- Atty EletiDeveloper tools · Language models
- Omar KhattabDeveloper tools · Language models
- Michele CatastaAgents · Language models
- Anand ChowdharyAgents · Developer tools
- Harrison ChaseAgents · Developer tools
- Graham NeubigAgents · Language models
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3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026