After nearly two months of silence, Perplexity AI suddenly announced a new flagship product called Perplexity Computer.
According to CEO Aravind Srinivas, this is the next major trend of the company, marking a shift from an artificial intelligence-based search engine to a platform capable of automatically performing tasks.
Previously, Perplexity was known as an AI response tool, operating similarly to Google but capable of summarizing information into paragraphs with quotes from sources.
This platform supports research, data aggregation and content creation. However, with Perplexity Computer, the company's ambition has gone far beyond answering questions.
On social network X, Srinivas said that in the past two months, the team has quietly developed a system that unifies all current AI capabilities into a single platform.
According to the description, Perplexity Computer combines files, tools, memory and various AI models to coordinate work processing instead of users.
In essence, Perplexity Computer is positioned as a versatile AI agent (AI agent).
Instead of just providing answers or individual codes, the system can automatically perform complex task chains such as in-depth research, programming, document drafting, product deployment and workflow management.
Users only need to make a general request, the platform will automatically break it down into steps, select a suitable model and synthesize the results into a complete product.
A notable point is the ability to coordinate multiple models. According to the announcement, the system can call up to 19 specialized AI models depending on the nature of the work.
For example, the research task will be processed by an optimized model for information access and synthesis; while large-scale programming will use a source code-specific model.
The entire process is managed by internal logic, helping models coordinate smoothly instead of operating disjointedly.
In addition, Perplexity Computer is also designed to memorize context, allowing continuing unfinished tasks.
This helps the platform move closer to the role of digital collaborator instead of just a Q&A tool.
Instead of searching and reading the results, users can assign a whole project and wait for the product to be completed.
Currently, Perplexity Computer is provided to Perplexity Max subscribers, the company's most premium package and is expected to expand to the Pro user group in the near future.
This move shows that the strategy is clearly to shift from search and support to execution and automation.
The launch of Perplexity Computer reflects a larger trend in the AI industry, where companies compete not only for the quality of answers but also for the ability to complete actual work.
According to Srinivas, the future of personal AI is not limited to "knowing a lot", but to "doing a lot" with minimal supervision from humans.
If this vision becomes a reality, Perplexity Computer could become a new step in the journey to turn AI assistants into a comprehensive work operation system, a true computer for the artificial intelligence era.
