Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas warns iPhone users not to download Comet app, it is …

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI startup Perplexity has now issued a public warning for iPhone users. Srinivas has urged the iPhone users to not to download a version of the Comet app presently listed on the Apple App Store. Srinivas has called the app ‘fake and spam’ and has also clarified that it is not affiliated with Perplexity and that the official iOS release of Comet is still pending.

In a post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Srinivas wrote, “The Comet app currently on iOS App Store is *fake* and spam and not from Perplexity. You will directly hear from us when Comet iOS is ready for pre registering and downloading.”