Perplexity launches Teammates, always-on AI agents for work

Perplexity has launched Teammates, a set of always-on AI agents aimed at daily work. The startup is positioning them against similar work-focused tools from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Each Teammate can take on several roles inside a shared workspace. Users can give each one a different job, and the agents can carry out those jobs at the same time. The product is built to pick up existing projects, skills and memory from other Perplexity tools a user already uses.

Teammates connect to Perplexity Computer, the company's AI system that can run agents on a user's device to complete tasks. Perplexity says Teammates add a layer on top of Computer. That layer lets agents work together on what the company calls ongoing, large-scale work.

Perplexity pointed to OpenAI's Dots and Anthropic's Claude Duet as examples of multi-agent setups that handle several jobs in parallel.

The launch comes as AI companies race to sell agents that do office work, not just answer questions. Teammates are meant for ongoing projects rather than one-off requests, which is where the company says it sees the gap in the market.

Perplexity has not said how much Teammates will cost or when they will be widely available. It is also not clear which users will get access first, or how the agents will be limited or monitored in a shared workspace.