Perplexity News
Latest news, updates, and announcements from Perplexity.
Perplexity's 'Portable Computer' Runs on Alibaba's Qwen3.8-27B, Not Claude or GPT
Perplexity's on-device AI agent Portable Computer — first introduced in partnership with Nvidia on DGX Spark hardware — runs on Alibaba's open-source Qwen3.8-27B model rather than Anthropic Claude or...
Perplexity launches 'Hybrid Compute' to split AI tasks between local and cloud processing
Perplexity has rolled out "Hybrid Compute" for Perplexity Computer on Mac, a feature that routes AI workloads between an on-device model and cloud-based models. A "privacy gate" determines which data...
Perplexity and Nvidia Launch a Zero-Token-Cost Local AI Agent Device
Perplexity has partnered with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a device that runs a fully local AI agent with no per-token inference costs. Unlike cloud-based agent products that meter usage throug...
Nvidia is discussing an investment in Perplexity as part of an equity round that values the AI searc...
Nvidia is discussing an investment in Perplexity as part of an equity round that values the AI search startup at more than $30 billion, and the talks also include a potential technology licensing deal...
Perplexity AI launches Space Sandbox for AI agent security. The AI search startup introduced Space,...
Perplexity AI launches Space Sandbox for AI agent security. The AI search startup introduced Space, a sandbox platform designed to secure sessions handled by its Computer agent — a digital worker laun...
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said AI market competition is shifting from model size to operationa...
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said AI market competition is shifting from model size to operational efficiency. In a July 12 CNBC interview, Srinivas argued that the key competitive differentiator i...
Perplexity pulls ads from ChatGPT after introducing sponsored content in February
Perplexity, the AI search engine, has withdrawn its ad program just months after introducing sponsored content in February 2026. The company stated that ads undermine user trust, as users must believe...
Perplexity launches 'Personal Computer' AI agent for Mac, exclusively for $200/month Max subscribers...
Perplexity launches 'Personal Computer' AI agent for Mac, exclusively for $200/month Max subscribers. Perplexity has officially released its Personal Computer AI agent system for macOS, making it avai...
Perplexity has launched the $1 M ‘Billion Dollar Build’ challenge, giving US founders up to $1 M see...
Perplexity has launched the $1 M ‘Billion Dollar Build’ challenge, giving US founders up to $1 M seed funding plus $1 M in Perplexity Computer credits to create a startup with a $1 B valuation path in...
Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas credits Elon Musk's relentless mindset for building a $9B rival t...
Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas credits Elon Musk's relentless mindset for building a $9B rival to OpenAI, growing from $1B to $9B valuation in just 9 months during 2024, and reaching $20B by Septe...
Perplexity launched Computer, a $200/month platform orchestrating 19 AI models through 400+ integrat...
Perplexity launched Computer, a $200/month platform orchestrating 19 AI models through 400+ integrations. This pivot from AI search to aggregation addresses enterprise "AI tool fatigue" by unifying fr...
Perplexity just launched Computer, orchestrating 19 AI models across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google t...
Perplexity just launched Computer, orchestrating 19 AI models across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to research, code, and deploy projects end-to-end at $200/month. This multi-model approach signals a...
Meta Platforms has closed a 14.3 billion dollar investment in Scale AI, securing a 49 percent stake.
Meta Platforms has closed a 14.3 billion dollar investment in Scale AI, securing a 49 percent stake. This follows failed acquisition talks with Perplexity AI, marking a pivot from consumer apps to ind...
Perplexity AI launched DRACO, an open-source benchmark evaluating research agents via 100 tasks from...
Perplexity AI launched DRACO, an open-source benchmark evaluating research agents via 100 tasks from real user queries. Spanning 10 domains, Perplexity leads with 89.4 percent accuracy in Law and 82.4...
Perplexity AI finalized a 750 million dollar, three year deal with Microsoft Azure to expand its clo...
Perplexity AI finalized a 750 million dollar, three year deal with Microsoft Azure to expand its cloud footprint beyond AWS. This partnership provides access to frontier models via Azure AI Foundry wh...
Perplexity has finalized a 750 million dollar cloud agreement with Microsoft to scale its search ope...
Perplexity has finalized a 750 million dollar cloud agreement with Microsoft to scale its search operations on Azure over three years. Through the Microsoft Foundry program, the startup gains access t...
Mistral AI, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Perplexity have officially joined Wikimedia Enterprise as p...
Mistral AI, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Perplexity have officially joined Wikimedia Enterprise as paying partners to secure high-quality data for AI development. This partnership provides high-throug...
Microsoft has officially integrated Perplexity and Mistral AI into its paid Enterprise Partner Progr...
Microsoft has officially integrated Perplexity and Mistral AI into its paid Enterprise Partner Program, reinforcing a multi-model ecosystem on Azure. This strategic shift targets a projected 300 billi...
Perplexity AI has submitted a 34.5 billion dollar all-cash bid for Google Chrome, far exceeding its...
Perplexity AI has submitted a 34.5 billion dollar all-cash bid for Google Chrome, far exceeding its own 18 billion dollar valuation. This move exploits US antitrust pressures that could force Google t...
Perplexity AI has reached a $28B valuation and $148M in ARR, marking an 800% year-over-year growth.
Perplexity AI has reached a $28B valuation and $148M in ARR, marking an 800% year-over-year growth. This trajectory is fueled by Comet, an AI-native browser shifting the platform from search to agenti...