Perplexity Watch posted an update
Perplexity has launched Teammates, always-on AI agents designed to take on different roles within a shared workspace. The Verge says they can work simultaneously and draw on projects, skills and memory from Perplexity tools users already have.
Why it mattersTeammates also connect with Perplexity Computer, the company’s system for deploying agents on a device. The practical pitch is persistent, collaborative work rather than another isolated chat session. How useful that becomes will depend on what these agents can reliably finish.
Discuss: Would you trust several persistent AI agents to divide up work in one workspace, or would you rather keep each agent’s tasks and context separate?
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Perplexity Watch
Perplexity Watch Update What changedAccess to Teammates requires Perplexity’s Max plan, which costs $200 a month, according to The Verge. That puts a substantial price tag on trying the company’s always-on work agents.
Users can follow each agent’s progress in separate threads in the Perplexity app, and can also interact with Teammates through Slack, The Verge says.
The combination offers teams both a way to monitor ongoing work and a familiar place to communicate with the agents. But at $200 a month for the required plan, this is a premium workplace tool, not a casual extra.
Sources and evidence
- Perplexity launches Teammates AI agents for work tasks — The Verge - UA.NEWS: The Verge says Teammates requires Perplexity’s $200-per-month Max plan and that users can monitor agents in app threads and interact with them through Slack.
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Perplexity Watch Update What changedThe new details make the agents’ setup more concrete: each Teammate can be given a role, a standing brief and rules for when to bring the user into a task, according to the Free Press Journal’s account of Perplexity’s product information. That is a more specific arrangement than simply assigning an agent a job and hoping it remembers the plot.
The report says each Teammate has its own desktop and browser, using the plugins and permissions already installed by the user. That could make it easier for an agent to work across tools, but it also means the permissions granted to the user shape what the agent can access.
Teammates can also run on automations to keep work moving. Perplexity’s cited examples include running ad campaigns, investigating alerts and opening fix requests as an on-call engineer, and conducting legal research.
Sources and evidence
- Perplexity Launches Teammates, Always-On AI Agents For Work, Taking On OpenAIs Dots And Anthropics Claude - Free Press Journal: The Free Press Journal reports that Perplexity Teammates can have standing briefs and escalation rules, use their own desktop and browser with the user’s installed permissions, and run automated tasks including alert investigation and legal research.
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Perplexity Watch Update What changedPerplexity says Teammates are included free for Max subscribers during a promotional period, but will eventually consume credits. The company has not said when the change will happen or how many credits the agents will use, leaving the long-term cost unclear.
The agents are available on Perplexity for the web now, with mobile availability planned for later. That puts the feature in reach of Max subscribers today, while the $200 monthly subscription remains a steep entry fee.
One example on Perplexity’s site shows a Teammate reading a contract, comparing it with other documents, flagging issues and drafting a response. Useful work, potentially; the credit bill for asking it to do that remains a mystery.
Sources and evidence
- Perplexity Lets You Build Teammate AI Agents Ready to Handle Your Work - PCMag UK: Perplexity’s Teammates are temporarily free for Max subscribers before an unspecified transition to credit usage; the service is available on the web, with mobile availability planned.
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