Perplexity: Everything is Computer

"If you give it access to Gmail, Outlook, GitHub, Linear, Slack, Notion, Snowflake, Databricks, or Salesforce, Computer for Enterprise can interact with the data stored there. It's not a computer in the singular sense. It's a cloud-based web interface for an orchestration layer for running background tasks using AI models and conditional triggers, conducting web research, delegating tasks to sub-agents, connecting to other vendors' cloud apps, and automating tool use."

"Citing an internal study involving more than 16,000 queries, the company claims Computer for Enterprise saved internal teams $1.6 million in labor costs and the equivalent of 3.2 years of work in only four weeks."

"It's perhaps easiest to consider what one might ask of Computer for Enterprise. Perplexity has obliged with a library of prompts that one might pose, such as: 'Triage weekend support tickets by severity, draft customer responses, write escalation briefs, and package everything into a Monday standup doc.'"

Perplexity has released Computer for Enterprise, a cloud-based AI service enabling enterprises to automate workflows across multiple platforms including Gmail, Outlook, GitHub, Linear, Slack, Notion, Snowflake, Databricks, and Salesforce. The service functions as an orchestration layer that runs background tasks using AI models, conditional triggers, web research, and sub-agents while automating tool use. Perplexity claims an internal study of over 16,000 queries demonstrated $1.6 million in labor cost savings and 3.2 years of equivalent work completed in four weeks. Example use cases include triaging support tickets, drafting responses, and automating due diligence processes. The company simultaneously launched Personal Computer, a local complement to its cloud-based Computer service.

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