Perplexity Prepares to Enter The Agentic Browsing Race with ‘Comet’

AI-powered search engine Perplexity has announced that it is developing an agentic web browser called Comet. 

“Just like how GitHub Copilot was a truly assistive coding experience without AI bothering you but just helping you when you needed, we aspire to make Comet helpful in the same way,” said Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on X, sharing the waitlist for the new tool.  

However, the company did not disclose the release date or details about the browser’s features. 

The web browser market is already highly competitive, with dominant players such as Google Chrome, Safari, and others offering AI-driven features. 

Perplexity AI has been rapidly rolling out new features. The company’s open-sourced R1 1776, a variant of the DeepSeek-R1 language model, was fine-tuned to remove censorship and deliver factual responses. The model weights are available on Hugging Face, and it can be accessed via the Sonar API.

It also announced that Sonar, its in-house model, is now available to all Pro users. Subscribers can set it as their default model in settings.

Additionally, Perplexity launched Deep Research, an autonomous tool for conducting in-depth research and analysis. It performs multiple searches, reviews hundreds of sources, and compiles findings into comprehensive reports. The feature is free for all users, with a daily limit of five queries for non-subscribers and 500 for Pro users.

The Perplexity app is now integrated into the Paytm app on both Android and iPhone, appearing as ‘Ask AI’ on the home page.