​Join Perplexity's exclusive gathering of the Bay Area's top early-career talent: First Token 2026

​Join us for light bites and technical talks from the Perplexity team on Thursday, July 30th. You'll hear keynotes from:

• ​Jerry Ma, VP Global Affairs & Deputy CTO on our mission and how Perplexity is reimagining the essence of computation.

• ​Sebastian Sepulveda, Member of Technical Staff - AI Inference (Northeastern '25) on architecting inference frameworks that serve trillion-parameter models to millions of Perplexity users.

​You'll also meet the people behind the product: engineers, researchers and Denis Yarats, our Co-founder and CTO — ready to talk about what they're building, what you're curious about, and the kind of career you could kick off at Perplexity.

​Agenda
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Check-in & networking
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Tech Talks
7:00 PM - 8:45 PM | Networking & Optional Hackathon*

​*We're hosting an optional coding-oriented tech contest where winners directly advance to the final stages of our hiring process. Hackathon starts at 7:30 PM and you are welcome to continue networking or watch the event if you aren't participating :)
If you'd like to participate, please bring a laptop.

​Light bites and beverages will be provided!

​RSVP & Approval
Space is strictly limited to ensure an intimate and enriching environment. If you're interested in joining us, please request to join by filling out the form. Official event details and location will be shared to confirmed guests. We’re excited to meet you!

​Early Career Talent @ Perplexity

​Perplexity believes that exceptionally talented individuals at any stage can thrive in our high-velocity, high-ownership culture. Each year, we select a small and elite cohort of new grads to join our technical team.

​Our early career talent program revolves around:

• ​Breadth: New grads at Perplexity work across the stack, from Perplexity's agent harnesses to our AI inference and training systems. Many of our most beloved features and most important systems were shipped by individuals fresh out of school.

• ​Depth: New grads are entrusted (and expected) to dive deep into whatever problem domains you work on. Often, your work will require you to become a world expert in some problem space that few others in the world have encountered.

• ​Mentorship & Growth: We keep the size of our entering new grad cohorts at well below 10% of our technical team. Each individual enjoys a rich network of mentors to help them grow, and our new grads have a track record of becoming some of Perplexity's most senior and prolific team members.

• ​Recognition: We select for the best and we recognize them accordingly. We set our early career compensation to rise well above that of top tech companies and startups. Post-hire, we aggressively recognize and reward growth in role.

• ​Mission: Perplexity is AI for people who expect more. Our mission is to build frontier intelligence for the world's most discerning users, and each contribution you make will directly advance that mission.

​If you'd like to build frontier intelligence for (and with) great minds, welcome aboard.