I’d happily hand off half my to-do list if the helper didn’t need to be re-explained every morning. Well, it looks like Perplexity thinks it has built that helper.

Perplexity launched Teammates on Thursday. It basically refers to the personal AI agents that take on ongoing work from a high-level goal. They’ll be available first to Max subscribers on the web (via Perplexity ).

Today, we’re launching Perplexity Teammates.

They are personal agents for work. And change the paradigm from writing prompts in a session to giving high-level goals. Rolling out to Max users on the web today. Native apps (mobile, desktop) coming soon. pic.twitter.com/dmYIuw52Yb

— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) November 5, 2026

What can Perplexity Teammates actually do?

Back in February, Perplexity launched Computer, its multi-model agent (also for its Max tier). I ran in temporary sandbox sessions or workspaces that vanished after each job.…