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Perplexity introduced Computer, an agentic tool that unifies all AI capabilities into one system, enabling it to research, design, code, deploy, and manage any project end-to-end. The agent runs into a secure development sandbox.
Perplexity Computer appears as a rival to Claude Code and OpenClaw for creating personal AI agents that can build websites, dashboards, applications, and perform analysis and visualizations.
The company described it as “a general-purpose digital worker that operates the same interfaces you do” and “a system that creates and executes entire workflows, capable of running for hours or even months.”
It’s only available on the web for Perplexity Max subscribers ($200/month) to start, while Perplexity says it will roll out to Pro ($20/month).
- Perplexity Computer coordinates with tools, files, personal context, various AI models, deep research on the open web, agentic web access, coding capabilities, and file creation.
- It draws from 19 models, open-source and proprietary, but at the start, it “uses Opus 4.6 for orchestration and coding tasks, Gemini for deep research, Nano Banana for images, Veo 3.1 for video, Grok for speed in lightweight tasks, and ChatGPT 5.2 for long-context recall and wide search.”
- Perplexity has introduced per-token billing for consumers, as agents can rack up token costs quickly. Max users get 10,000 tokens as part of their plans, and Perplexity is giving them an extra 20,000 tokens for the launch of Perplexity Computer.
Introducing Perplexity Computer.
Computer unifies every current AI capability into one system.
It can research, design, code, deploy, and manage any project end-to-end. pic.twitter.com/dZUybl6VkY
— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) February 25, 2026