Gustav Lindqvist is a Data Scientist at Perplexity, an AI-powered search platform, and serves as Data Scientist-in-Residence at Creandum VC working from San Francisco and Stockholm. With over 15 years of experience, he specializes in building data infrastructure and helping portfolio companies optimize through data from inception.

Gustav holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Stockholm University and a Master's Degree in Economics from Stockholm School of Economics. He began his career as a Research Analyst at Merrill Lynch in London during the 2008 financial crisis before returning to Sweden.

Gustav was an early employee at Spotify where he served as Analysis Engineer and later Head of Analytics, building the technological stack for data analysis including managing Hadoop clusters and developing data pipelines. He also served as Head of Data Science at Medium and Chief Data Officer at Meditopia.

Gustav is an active angel investor, backing AI startups including Redpine, a Stockholm-based data infrastructure company that raised $1.3M from prominent investors. He combines his role at Perplexity with advising Creandum's portfolio companies on data strategy and product development.

At Perplexity, Gustav contributes to a platform processing over 780 million queries per month with a $20 billion valuation as of September 2025. His work spans AI agent development, data science infrastructure, and product optimization across multiple high-growth technology companies.