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// 75d agoPRODUCT LAUNCH
Perplexity Computer brings always-on agents to Mac mini
Perplexity has launched Perplexity Computer, an AI agent platform running 24/7 on a dedicated Mac mini that gives its agents persistent local access to your files, apps, and active sessions. Available on waitlist for $200/month Max subscribers, it positions Perplexity as a full autonomous agent platform, not just a search tool.
// ANALYSIS
Perplexity is betting that the next battleground isn't answers — it's always-on agents with privileged local access, and it's using a Mac mini as the Trojan horse.
- –The core concept: a Mac mini tethered to your network runs 24/7, letting Perplexity's cloud agents access local files, apps, and sessions that pure cloud agents can't reach
- –Orchestrates 20 frontier models and claims enterprise performance of "3.25 years of work in four weeks" — though Hacker News is rightly skeptical of those self-reported benchmarks
- –The $200/month price puts it in direct competition with enterprise AI automation platforms, not consumer search
- –Community backlash centers on the misleading "Personal Computer" branding — it's software on a Mac mini, not a new device — and parallels to open-source OpenClaw repackaged at subscription price
- –The built-in kill switch and audit trail are smart trust-building moves, but critics read them as admissions of unreliability rather than safety features
// TAGS
perplexityagentautomationllmdevtoolcloudself-hosted
DISCOVERED
75d ago
2026-03-14
PUBLISHED
78d ago
2026-03-11
RELEVANCE
8/ 10
AUTHOR
josephwegner