Developer Relations Strategy for Perplexity's API Platform
Developer Relations Leader | Platform Ecosystem Builder
Dabl Club Developers
Scaled from 0 to massive community
Meraki Partners
Built platform ecosystem from scratch
Global Events
Organized worldwide developer engagement
Akash Growth
Competing against AWS/Google
"I don't just build communities - I build movements"
The unique advantage Perplexity has over OpenAI & Anthropic
LLMs hallucinate
Outdated training data
No source verification
Real-time search
Always current
Built-in citations
50% less hallucination
100% verifiable
10x better for facts
"Show, Don't Tell" - Real code, real results
Goal: Every piece of content = working code developers can use TODAY
100 developer advocates in 90 days
Get paid to build with Sonar
$10K prize pool every month
Accelerate AI startups
I've beaten AWS/Google at Akash. I know how to position the underdog to win.
Clear metrics for explosive growth
Make Sonar THE default choice for any developer building applications that need real-world, current information. Not just another AI API - but the foundation for a new category of "grounded AI" applications.
Together, we'll make Sonar the developer's first choice
for AI-powered search applications
AI Developer Relations & Platform Ecosystems
15+ years building developer movements