Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work

Perplexity launched Teammates, always-on work-focused AI agents that can take on multiple roles within a workspace and run 24/7, requiring a subscription to Perplexity's $200-per-month Max plan. Teammates build on Perplexity Computer, letting users assign different jobs that run simultaneously, track progress through individual threads in the Perplexity app, and interact with the agents in Slack. Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said on X, "Over time, we envision every org having hundreds of teammates working for each person.

Perplexity is taking on OpenAI and Anthropic with its own work-focused AI agents. The startup’s new always-on “Teammates” can take on multiple roles within a workspace, while pulling existing projects, skills, and memory from the Perplexity tools you already use. Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work Like OpenAI’s Dots and Claude Duet, Perplexity’s Teammates can perform an array of tasks while running 24/7. Teammates integrate with Perplexity Computer https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-perplexity-computer , an AI system that can deploy agents on your device to complete tasks. But Perplexity says Teammates “build on top” of Computer by offering the ability to collaborate and complete “ongoing, large-scale work.” You can assign each Teammate different jobs that they can perform simultaneously — much like OpenAI’s Dots https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004096/openai-chatgpt-dots-hands-on-agent and Claude Duet https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1015843/anthropic-claude-duet-ai-agent . Perplexity’s take on the feature is much more expensive, however, as it requires a subscription to its $200 / month Max plan. Perplexity notes that you can keep tabs on Teammates’ progress through individual threads in the Perplexity app, as well as interact with them in Slack. “Over time, we envision every org having hundreds of teammates working for each person,” Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says on X https://x.com/AravSrinivas/status/2118388416245330096?a=00g J2Y79Ty1-Yx45ow&s=20 . Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.