Perplexity launches Teammates AI agents for work
Original title: Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work
Teammates collaborate on ongoing projects via Perplexity app threads and Slack, requiring a $200 monthly Max plan.
Perplexity is launching Teammates, always-on AI agents that take on multiple roles in a workspace. They build on Perplexity Computer, which deploys agents on devices, and pull from existing projects, skills, and memory. Users assign simultaneous jobs to Teammates and interact with them in Slack. The feature is part of the $200 Max plan.
- Teammates support collaboration for large-scale ongoing work.
- Progress tracking available through individual app threads.
- Integration with Perplexity Computer for device-based task completion.
- Similar to features from other AI providers but more expensive.
From the original article
1 min read at theverge.com
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. Teammates integrate with Perplexity Computer, an AI system that can deploy agents on your device to complete tasks.
By Emma Roth · theverge.com
A short excerpt; the article and its images belong to the publisher. Summary, key facts and assessment above are AI-written from the article and can be wrong.