Perplexity has recorded a 50 percent revenue jump in a single month, driven by its expansion into AI agents. Cristina Criddle reports for the Financial Times that the company’s estimated annual recurring revenue (ARR) climbed to over $450 million in March, following the launch of a new agent tool and a switch to usage-based pricing. …
Perplexity has introduced two new AI agent products at its Ask 2026 developer conference in San Francisco. The announcements signal the company’s move beyond consumer search into enterprise software. The first product, Perplexity Computer, is a cloud-based AI agent that the company now also launched for enterprise customers. It coordinates approximately 20 AI models from …
Perplexity has launched “Computer”, an AI agent platform that coordinates 19 different AI models to complete complex tasks. The product is currently available to Perplexity Max subscribers at $200 per month, with plans to expand to Pro and Enterprise users. Computer accepts a high-level objective from a user, breaks it into subtasks, and assigns each …
New AI-powered browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity are not yet ready to replace conventional browsers like Chrome and Safari. Natalie Lung reports for Bloomberg. Testing over a month revealed frequent bugs and failures on seemingly simple tasks. AI browsers such as OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet place chatbots at the center of the browsing experience. …
The AI company Perplexity has launched a new, free shopping feature for all its users in the United States. The tool uses a conversational AI assistant to help people discover products based on their personal needs and preferences. In a post on the company’s official blog, Perplexity explains that the feature aims to improve the …
OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet pose new challenges for publishers trying to control AI access to their content. These AI browsers can retrieve paywalled articles that traditional AI interfaces cannot access, the Columbia Journalism Review reports. The browsers succeed because they appear identical to human users in website logs. While automated crawlers identify themselves with …
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI to prevent the startup’s Comet browser agent from making purchases on its platform. The case, filed in San Francisco federal court accuses Perplexity of computer fraud for failing to disclose when its AI agent shops on behalf of users, violating Amazon’s terms of service. The lawsuit follows …
Perplexity will integrate Getty Images’ visual content into its AI-powered search platform through a multi-year licensing agreement. Kritika Lamba reports for Reuters. Getty will provide images via API integration, allowing Perplexity to access licensed visuals with proper attribution and source links. The deal sent Getty’s shares 5% higher. The partnership comes as AI companies face …
Perplexity is now offering its AI-native browser, Comet, to all users free of charge. The company announced that the browser, which was previously part of a $200 monthly subscription, will now have usage limits in its free version. Charles Rollet reports for Business Insider that the move is supposedly intended to combat the rise of …
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against AI startup Perplexity, accusing the company of illegally copying their content for its search engine. Blake Brittain reports for Reuters that the reference publishers filed the complaint in New York federal court on Wednesday. The companies claim Perplexity’s “answer engine” unlawfully scrapes their websites and uses …