Perplexity, the startup behind the AI “reply” engine, has simply launched its personal net browser. The browser, called Comet, incorporates Perplexity’s AI search instruments and assistant in a manner that CEO Aravind Srinivas says “transforms whole looking periods into single, seamless interactions.”
Comet will solely be out there to customers who subscribe to the $200 per month Perplexity Max plan earlier than rolling out extra extensively on an invite-only foundation. The browser makes use of Perplexity as its major search engine, which serves up AI-generated responses to queries based mostly on outcomes from across the net. It’s additionally supposed to have the ability to buy products in your behalf and help you book hotels.
The brand new AI-powered browser comes as Perplexity continues to problem Google’s dominance in search. Perplexity partnered with Motorola to pre-install its assistant on its new Razr telephones this 12 months, something Srinvas told The Verge in April that the startup wouldn’t have occurred if Google hadn’t gone by an antitrust trial. “They’d have bullied loads of the OEMs,” Srinvas stated.
Srinvas stated in April that Perplexity is launching a browser as a result of it “could be one of the best ways to construct brokers.” Apart from the Perplexity’s search integration, Comet comes with a built-in AI assistant that may reply questions on what you’re seeing in your display screen, just like Gemini’s integration with Google Chrome.
The AI assistant lives in Comet’s sidebar, and along with summarizing or explaining textual content, it may well additionally perform agentic duties like reserving a gathering, sending an electronic mail, or shopping for a product. Srinivas says Perplexity plans to “proceed to launch new options and performance for Comet” sooner or later.
The browser is just out there on Home windows and Mac for now, and likewise permits you to import your extensions, settings, and bookmarks in “one click on.”