Perplexity launches Teammates, agents that keep working on long-running tasks

Agents built on Computer

Perplexity announced Teammates on its X account on Nov. 5; the company’s blog post is dated Nov. 4. Teammates are personal agents built on Perplexity Computer. A user hands a Teammate an ongoing responsibility, and the agent plans the work, changes course as priorities shift and brings results back for review. Users can inspect and steer the work along the way. According to the company, a Teammate can also bring in other Computer sessions and other agents as the work grows.

Teammates remember project goals, task history and shared files across runs. Perplexity says they monitor ongoing work and act without waiting for a fresh prompt, and they apply feedback to later tasks. In one company example, an operations Teammate that learns an agency needs two weeks’ notice builds that lead time into future schedules. Each Teammate keeps a single thread that never closes.

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Introducing teammates.

Teammates work for you. They take on jobs, and work proactively using your Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools. Teammates collaborate with other teammates and can message coworkers in Slack.

Available now for Max subscribers on the web.

Slack, GitHub and isolated environments

A Teammate can be added to a Slack channel, where colleagues can assign it work or ask for updates. Teammates also hand work to each other. In Perplexity’s example, one finds bugs on a website and passes them to another that prepares fixes. Setup involves connecting plugins such as Slack, GitHub and Gmail, and on GitHub the user picks which repositories the agent can reach. Teammates draw on the Projects, skills, memory and automations already in Computer.

Each Teammate runs in a separate environment with its own desktop and browser, and browsing sessions and cookies are kept separate. Saved credentials are encrypted. Users can review finished work, take over the desktop or redirect the agent. Teammates follow Computer’s existing tool and Project permissions.

Access, cost and rivals

For now, Teammates is web-only and limited to Perplexity Max subscribers. The blog says iOS is coming soon, while the product page lists iOS and Android. According to the product page FAQ, every Max plan includes free Teammates usage for a promotional period. After that, agents use the monthly credits included with Max. Free Press Journal puts Max at $200 a month. Perplexity says it will expand Teammates’ access and features in the coming weeks.

Perplexity says it launched the first web-capable AI assistant in its Comet browser in July 2025. Always-on agents have spread in recent weeks: OpenAI introduced dots for ChatGPT on Sept. 29, and Anthropic opened a research preview of Claude Duet on Oct. 21. In October, Perplexity also said Computer can run fully locally on a Mac.