Perplexity has announced the launch of its own browser called “Comet,” which will be available as early as next month. According to CEO Aravind Srinivas, the browser could become the ideal environment for building AI agents capable of acting on behalf of users. The browser will allow access to third-party services, work with tabs without the user’s knowledge, analyze pages directly on the device, and make decisions in real time.
The launch of “Comet” comes amid Perplexity’s active push to secure a spot on Android devices. Recently, Motorola announced that the Perplexity app will be pre-installed on new Razr smartphones, opening the company up to millions of potential users. Srinivas emphasized that such integration became possible due to antitrust pressure on Google, which previously tightly controlled collaborations with device manufacturers.
Today, Perplexity processes about six hundred million queries per month — roughly fourteen percent of Google’s volume. The company’s number of active users has grown to nearly thirty million per month, and investments have exceeded several hundred million dollars. The Perplexity team is also working to expand partnerships with other manufacturers and mobile operators, aiming to establish a presence not only on Android but also on Mac and Windows.
Srinivas believes that the future of AI lies in deep personalization and the assistant’s ability to perform specific actions, not just answer questions. That’s why the company is betting on the browser as a universal interface for interacting with various apps and services. According to the CEO, the winning model will be the one that can take into account the maximum context about the user and combine data from different platforms.
