Perplexity launches Teammates AI agents for Max users; Srinivas predicts agent teams for all work
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🚨 AI News | TestingCatalogXPerplexity rolls out Teammates proactive agents to Max subscribers on webAIPerplexity is rolling out Teammates, its new proactive agents, to Perplexity Max subscribers on the web. The agents run in an isolated environment and can execute Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools. Perplexity says they are coming soon to its mobile apps.
Aravind SrinivasOfficialPerplexity rolls out Teammates, agents that take on coworking rolesAIPerplexity rolls out Teammates, a research preview for Max users that automates tasks such as deep research, data analysis, QA, ticket triage and code review. Teammates proactively reach out to coworkers and finish their work without repeated steering. Aravind Srinivas says about 10,000 teammates were active in Perplexity's internal workspace within the last 30 days, 20 times the company's headcount, with about 1,000 active the previous day.
PerplexityOfficialPerplexity introduces Teammates, proactive AI agents for Max subscribersAIPerplexity introduces Teammates, AI agents that take on jobs and work proactively using Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools. Teammates can collaborate with other teammates and message coworkers in Slack. They are available now for Max subscribers on the web.
- Aravind SrinivasXAravind Srinivas predicts everyone will work through teams of AI agents
AIAravind Srinivas, who owns Perplexity, says most work now means one person doing one task at a time, and he expects that to flip. He predicts everyone will have a team of agents doing the work, with people setting direction and making the key decisions.
- Aravind SrinivasOfficialPerplexity introduces Teammates as its first step toward persistent AI agents
AIPerplexity introduces Teammates, which it calls its first step toward agents that remember users and their organization, learn to work with coworkers, run autonomously, and improve from corrections. Aravind Srinivas, who posted the announcement, presents Teammates as the company's initial move in that direction.
- Aravind SrinivasXAravind Srinivas envisions hundreds of AI teammates per person in every org
AIPerplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas envisions every organization having hundreds of teammates working for each person. He describes companies as massively parallel distributed computers of curious humans and dedicated teammates supporting them.
- Aravind SrinivasOfficialPerplexity launches Teammates, personal agents for work
AIwhich Aravind Srinivas says change the paradigm from writing prompts in a session to giving high-level goals. Teammates is rolling out to Max users on the web today, and native mobile and desktop apps are coming soon.
- Aravind SrinivasOfficialPerplexity launches Teammate, a persistent coworker for delegated tasks
AIPerplexity introduces Teammate, which takes its orchestration capabilities further than ephemeral sandbox sessions with Computer. The product offers a persistent coworker that users can delegate responsibilities to and have manage tasks end to end.