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Perplexity
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Perplexity
The leading AI answer engine.
What it offers
Main offerings
- Perplexity
- Search with cited answers, plus Deep Research.
- Comet
- Agentic browser.
- Agent API
- Replaces the Sonar API (27 Sep).
- Teammates
- Personal agents for long-running, multi-step work (4 Nov; Max plan).
Recent news
- Perplexity launches Teammates, personal agents for long-running workMoves Perplexity from answers toward persistent agents, its answer to dots and Duet.Perplexity ↗
- Perplexity gains FedRAMP certification for US government useOpens federal agency sales.Perplexity ↗
- Perplexity launches Portable Computer, an on-device version of its agentIts agent now runs locally as well as in the cloud, a privacy pitch that separates it from answer engines that only run in the cloud.SiliconANGLE ↗
- Ninth Circuit lifts Amazon's injunction against Perplexity Comet shopping agentThe court found the user, not Perplexity, accesses Amazon. An early legal win for agentic commerce.Engadget ↗
- Amazon wins court order blocking Perplexity's AI shopping agentThis was the first major legal test of AI agents acting on logged-in sites for users. It was later overturned on appeal.CNBC ↗
- Perplexity launches Computer, a multi-model super agentIt orchestrates about 19 models for long-running tasks. Computer is Perplexity's move from search into agents and paid usage.Semafor ↗
This map is a by-product of the work. Keeping track of what each of these actually does, and which ones are worth your time, is part of how I advise founder-led companies on AI. If you want that applied to your business, the first conversation is free.
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