Perplexity has held its first conference for professionals and developers in San Francisco, Ask 2026in which he has presented both his news for companies like Personal Computer. This system is a step beyond its Perplexity Computer system, presented a few weeks ago as a search system with precision AI, a coordination system for 20 models and autonomous Internet access, capable of understanding an objective, alternating between the use of tools and continuing to work even when its user is no longer present. With Personal Computer, Perplexity wants AI agents to be an integral and continuous part of its users’ work. And he expands his idea that AI is the computer.
Personal Computer, which according to its approach seems like an alternative to OpenClaw, runs continuously on a dedicated Mac Mini computer, and links the applications and files it finds locally with the cloud functions provided by Perplexity. The company, which has highlighted that Personal Computer operates safely, also points out that it is an assistant that integrates with Perplexity Computer and works non-stop, taking care of maintaining active sessions and automating tasks without its user’s data or privacy being compromised.
It works as if it were a digital proxy, and makes both Perplexity Computer and the Comet AI Assistant interact with the user’s personal computer environment. Of course, each sensitive action you are about to perform requires explicit approval from the user.
The system can be controlled from any device and is designed to be completely personal. Every action it performs on behalf of its owner and user is recorded by the system, and it has a “kill switch” system that stops an activity immediately whenever desired. Perplexity has announced that for now, anyone who wants to access the Personal Computer program can sign up for a waiting list.
Perplexity Computer for Enterprise and new APIs
Additionally, the company has announced the expansion of the Computer platform to business environmentswhich will give interested companies the ability to integrate their workflows, configure and deploy permission controls, and maintain traceability. Of course, your data will not be used to train models.
Through connectors, Computer for Enterprise can directly query Snowflake, Salesforce, or HubSpot, among several hundred enterprise platforms. They can also integrate you into the Slack communication and work flow, manage coding with Codex or Claude, create control plans or develop financial models and presentations. Of course, it is capable of executing scheduled workflows asynchronously.
On the other hand, Perplexity has introduced new APIs to simplify the agent creation process: Agent API, Sandbox API, Search API y Embeddings API. The first is designed to simplify the development of AI workflows, with search, tools and models in a single managed environment, and enable multi-step task delegation.
The second offers access to Perplexity’s internal runtime environment, to automate tasks and execute code in a controlled environment. The Search API gives developers another way to get information, and Embeddings supports retrieval and classification systems that rely on higher relevance.
Comet Enterprise, premium fonts and Finance update
He Comet Enterprise browser offers businesses a native AI browser with the necessary controls to use it responsibly and safely. System administrators can set where and how the wizard works, and apply permissions to the entire browser or only on certain domains.
Comet Enterprise can respond to questions without taking action, work more actively in low-risk environments, and review action logs for each session. It enables centralized deployment across existing MDM infrastructure, making it possible to install Comet on company employee devices, apply browser policies to block domains and extensions, and monitor activity via telemetry that can be exported.
Furthermore, thanks to the collaboration between Perplexity and CrowdStrike, Comet Enterprise customers can count on additional protection at the browser level. Among the features they add are visibility of installed extensions, risk scores, and protections that prevent sensitive information from entering Comet.
Perplexity has also announced the addition of premium fontsthat is, the integration of professional data providers. From now on, Computer can access certain selected data from Statista, CB Insights, and PitchBook to enrich work and research tasks. They are payment sources used in market research, company analysis and investment decisions, and with their incorporation, Perplexity provides easier access and at a lower cost to its users. Built-in premium sources will appear cited in research queries and can link to the source automatically.
Lastly, Perplexity has announced a updating your data layer and financial analysis Financewhich is integrated into Computer, Deep Research and Search. It now offers a specific control panel to follow markets and news in real time. Thanks to this, Computer now has access to more than 40 real-time financial tools that obtain information directly from the records of the SEC, FactSet, S&P Global, Coinbase, LSEG or Quartr, among other sources. All without configuration, license or API key. Additionally, each figure is fully traceable to its original source.
Computer can now generate interactive dashboards, Excel models and complete financial applications based on these tools, available to both personal portfolio managers and those who need to perform high-level analysis.
