Perplexity AI, world’s first conversational answer engine, just raised $73M in Series B funding @ $520M valuation. Perplexity’s co-founder, Johnny Ho, is IOI 2012 Gold (perfect score: 600/600). In the middle (3rd from the left) of the first picture.

A month ago Pika Labs, idea-to-video platform, raised $55m in Series A funding. Pika’s co-founder/CEO, Demi Guo, is IOI 2015 Silver. In the middle (4th from the left) of the second picture.

n=2 investment thesis is forming 😅. If you get an allocation in the GenAI startup founded by the Team USA IOI member, you now know what to do!