Puzzled CEO Aravind Srinivas recently went to Reddit Resolve user product complaints and assure them The company does not suffer serious financial pressure.
Srinivas seems to respond to some extent User Theory The company “dos horrible things financially” and “makes a lot of changes to cut costs.” For example, Theorizer points to a confusing automatic mode where AI search engines automatically select the model used to answer user prompts.
Instead, Srinivas said confusion created automatic mode because “every AI product is now shipping and adds a lot of buttons as well as drop-down menus and confusion, which he said is “unsustainable.”
“Users don’t have to learn too much to use the product,” he said.
As for confusion about whether we are facing pressure to cut costs or IPOs, Srinivas said: “We have raised all the money and our revenue is only growing.” In fact, he said the company “has no plans to do an IPO by 2028.”