By Aytun Çelebi
Publication Date: 2026-04-17 08:20:00
Perplexity has initiated the rollout of Personal Computer, an AI assistant designed to manage local files, native applications, and web browsing on Mac devices. The feature is accessible to all Perplexity Max subscribers and users who signed up on the waitlist following its announcement in March.
The company first introduced Personal Computer on March 11 during its Ask developer conference in San Francisco. CEO Aravind Srinivas stated, “A traditional operating system processes commands; an AI operating system focuses on goals,” highlighting the distinction between conventional operating systems and AI-centric systems.
Initially, Perplexity opened a waitlist instead of providing immediate access. Now, five weeks later, Personal Computer has begun shipping to subscribers. The assistant integrates with the Perplexity Mac App to facilitate secure management of users’ files, applications, and web browsing.
Personal Computer securely connects to any folder to search, read, and write files locally.
It can access and work across iMessage, Apple Mail, Calendar and other native Mac apps. pic.twitter.com/lbWvJZmpdg
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Personal Computer is designed to operate continuously on a dedicated Mac, especially a Mac…
