It has recently been expanding its offerings—for example, it recently launched a deep research tool competing with similar ones provided by OpenAI and Google, as well as Sonar, an API for generative AI-powered search.

The company is offering scant details about this browser called Comet, so I asked Perplexity AI for more information.

The generative artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity AI Inc., which rivals both Google LLC and OpenAI, says it’s working on its own, AI-powered web browser. The company revealed the project for the first time in a post on X,

"Though the space is crowded with competitors, no one has yet built a robust AI integration into the browser experience in a way that takes off with consumers," said Damian Rollis

AI-powered search engine Perplexity says it's building its own web browser. It'll be called Comet, and it's set to arrive 'soon.'

Perplexity has teased the launch of Comet, an AI-powered web browser aimed at transforming internet browsing with agentic AI capabilities.

Perplexity AI, led by Aravind Srinivas, is set to launch a new browser named Comet, aimed at providing an agentic search experience. While a teaser has been released, details about its features and release date remain unclear amid Google's market dominance.

Perplexity AI has been rapidly rolling out new features. The company’s open-sourced R1 1776, a variant of the DeepSeek-R1 language model, was fine-tuned to remove censorship and deliver factual responses. The model weights are available on Hugging Face, and it can be accessed via the Sonar API.

Perplexity has teased the launch of Comet, an upcoming AI-driven web browser designed to enhance internet browsing through agentic AI capabilities.

Comet joins Cursor and others in an early wave of AI takes on traditional apps. Comet joins Cursor and others in an early wave of AI takes on traditional apps. Comet joins Cursor and others in an early wave of AI takes on traditional apps.