MapmyIndia urges Perplexity to collaborate after Aravind Srinivas’s ‘Maps are the hardest’ tweet goes viral

Indian digital mapping firm MapmyIndia has invited Perplexity AI to collaborate, following a remark by the startup’s CEO Aravind Srinivas that “maps are the hardest” products to build. In its response on X on Friday, MapmyIndia wrote, “Like we’ve proudly partnered with @Zoho, we’d love to partner with @perplexity_ai too,” signalling an open call for collaboration.

The post came shortly after Srinivas tweeted earlier on October 24, “YouTube and Maps are the hardest. Maybe even impossible. The rest are hard but doable,” referring to…