Perplexity Launches Teammates Agents For Ongoing Work
Perplexity’s new Teammates can divide up work, collaborate and run in the background, but access requires its $200-a-month Max subscription.
Perplexity has launched Teammates, AI agents designed to handle ongoing work with limited supervision. Users can give different agents separate jobs and have them work at the same time. The feature builds on Perplexity Computer and is available to subscribers of the company’s Max plan, which costs $200 a month.
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How Teammates work
According to Engadget, Teammates can coordinate with one another, manage other agents and bring in additional Teammates as the workload grows. The agents run in the background around the clock and notify users when a decision needs their attention. That makes them more than a way to submit one task at a time: users can assign continuing responsibilities and check back as work progresses.
Each Teammate has its own thread, where users can review its activity, ask for a status update, give it more work or redirect it, Engadget reports. The Verge says users can also interact with Teammates in Slack. Neither report describes how much oversight a particular task would require before it is finished.
Where the agents fit
Both outlets say Teammates build on Perplexity Computer, an existing system for carrying out multi-step tasks. Engadget describes Computer as a cloud-based assistant, while The Verge says it can deploy agents on a user’s device. Perplexity’s distinction for Teammates, as described by both reports, is their ability to collaborate on continuing, larger-scale work rather than simply complete individual assignments.
The Verge reports that Teammates can draw on projects, skills and memory from Perplexity tools a user already uses. Engadget says access is currently limited to Max subscribers on the web and iOS, and lists an annual Max price of $2,000. The Verge also identifies the $200 monthly subscription as a requirement, making the new agents a feature of Perplexity’s higher-priced plan.
What this means for workplace AI
The Verge frames the launch as Perplexity’s entry into competition with work-focused agents from OpenAI and Anthropic. The practical pitch is a group of agents that can take different roles, work simultaneously and keep users informed through individual threads. For tech professionals considering such tools, the reports point to two immediate questions: which continuing tasks to delegate, and when a person needs to step in to make a decision. They do not report results from workplace use or any effects on hiring.
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