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Perplexity Portable Computer Is Now Available on Windows, Powered by NVIDIA RTX

NVIDIA Blogby Gerardo Delgado ()3 min read3 · 1 read
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Perplexity launches Portable Computer local AI agent on Windows for NVIDIA RTX PCs with 24GB+ VRAM, keeping sensitive work on-device.

Perplexity released Portable Computer, a local version of its agentic Perplexity Computer, in its Windows app for NVIDIA GeForce RTX PCs and RTX PRO Workstations with 24GB or more VRAM. It runs a locally post-trained model such as Qwen 3.8 27B optimized for NVIDIA RTX GPUs, handling multistep tasks and file analysis on-device with a SPACE sandbox and built-in browser. Connectors cover Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Google Drive, Gmail, Slack, and GitHub, and the agent can escalate to cloud models only with user permission.

Key facts
  • Portable Computer brings local agentic AI to Windows on RTX GPUs.
  • Requires GeForce RTX or RTX PRO GPUs with 24GB+ VRAM.
  • Ships with post-trained local model such as Qwen 3.8 27B.
  • Connectors span Outlook, OneDrive, Google Drive, Gmail, Slack, GitHub.
  • Sensitive data stays on device; cloud escalation requires user permission.
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3 min read at blogs.nvidia.com

As local models become more capable, AI agents can handle more work directly on a PC while keeping sensitive information on the device. Portable Computer is a local version of the agent Perplexity Computer that plans and carries out multistep tasks. Accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs, it uses local models to analyze data, bring together information […]

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By Gerardo Delgado · blogs.nvidia.com

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