2 min learnNew DelhiMar 12, 2026 03:08 PM IST
AI brokers have been dominating the highlight over the previous few weeks, and now Perplexity is the most recent firm to leap on the bandwagon.
Simply weeks after unveiling Perplexity Laptop, the AI startup has launched Private Laptop, a brand new AI agent it describes as a “digital proxy” that works in your behalf. In line with the corporate, the AI agent can “orchestrate your whole instruments, duties and information from any gadget, anyplace.”
Perplexity Private Laptop runs on a Mac mini and “works in a safe surroundings with clear safeguards.” The AI agent features a full audit path of each session and requires consumer approval for delicate actions.
It could possibly assist customers full duties like researching a subject, writing emails, making ready morning briefs and extra. Customers even have the choice to select from the most recent massive language fashions like Claude, Gemini, Grok and may also use a number of fashions to speak to one another.
Asserting Private Laptop.
Private Laptop is an all the time on, native merge with Perplexity Laptop that works for you 24/7.
It’s private, safe, and works throughout your information, apps, and classes by a repeatedly working Mac mini. pic.twitter.com/EpvilVX6XZ
— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) March 11, 2026
Whereas Perplexity Private Laptop makes use of the cloud for reasoning, the AI agent nonetheless has entry to all native information and apps put in on the machine.
Perplexity Private Laptop is at the moment obtainable on a waitlist foundation and is proscribed to the Perplexity Max subscription, which prices $200 and comes with 10,000 month-to-month compute credit. Whereas this may occasionally sound costly at first look, it may be cheaper than utilizing API keys.
Additionally, the initally rollout is proscribed to Mac, however the firm stated it’s engaged on an enterprise model with single sign-on capabilities.
Alongside Perplexity Private Laptop, the corporate additionally rolled out Laptop for Enterprise, Comet Enterprise, and 4 new APIs – Search, Agent, Embeddings, and Sandbox.
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