Perplexity Teammates Launch Goal-Driven Work Agents

Teammates is Perplexity’s clearest move from answer engine to delegated work platform. The concept is compelling, but trust will depend on execution reliability, permissions, and transparency.

• –Goal-level delegation puts Perplexity in direct competition with emerging work-agent products, not just AI search tools.
• –Its existing Brain system already builds context from projects, people, files, and unresolved tasks, giving Teammates a strong foundation for continuity. [Perplexity Max](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11680686-perplexity-max)
• –The Max-only rollout makes this a premium experiment; Max costs $200 monthly and receives early access to Perplexity’s newest features. [Perplexity Max](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11680686-perplexity-max)
• –Developers should watch whether Teammates becomes extensible through connectors, APIs, or MCP, rather than remaining a closed consumer feature.
• –Native apps could make persistent, background work far more practical, but also raise the stakes around data access and approval controls.