By Shiladitya Ray
Publication Date: 2026-02-26 03:33:00
Aravind Srinivas-led Perplexity on Wednesday unveiled Perplexity Computer, a super agent that “unifies every current AI capability into a single system”.
Despite its old name, ‘computer’, Perplexity’s latest product is cutting-edge and can execute tasks end-to-end.
How Perplexity Computer works
All the user has to do is describe the end product they desire, and Perplexity Computer does the rest, breaking the assignment into specific tasks and dedicating sub-agents to do the work from start to finish.
“Computer is a general-purpose digital worker that operates the same interfaces you do. It is the next evolution of AI. Chat interfaces have answers, while agents can do tasks. Perplexity Computer is a system that creates and executes entire workflows, capable of running for hours or even months,” said Perplexity, announcing the product.
When executing tasks, Perplexity Computer can also pick the best model for the job, including from competitors’ models. It can outsource, say, image generation work to Google Nano Bana or video generation work to Veo 3.1.
“Perplexity Computer runs Opus 4.6 for its core reasoning engine and orchestrates sub-agents with the best models for specific tasks: Gemini for deep research (creating sub-agents), 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,” the AI company explained.
