Perplexity launches Teammates, always-on AI agents for ongoing work
Perplexity launched Teammates on November 5, 2026, as always-on agents for recurring work such as marketing, sales, support and operations, according to Emergent. The agents are built on Perplexity Computer, the system that deploys agents on a user's device, and they carry over projects, skills and memory from it. Each Teammate runs on its own virtual machine with a desktop and browser, and users follow progress in dedicated threads inside the Perplexity app, reports The Decoder.
Access is narrow for now. Teammates is available on the web to subscribers of the $200-a-month Max plan, and mobile and desktop versions are coming soon, according to Free Press Journal. Max includes 10,000 Computer credits a month, and Teammates draw on that allocation once a promotional period of free usage ends, though Perplexity has not said when that promotion stops. Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max customers are not generally covered by the initial release, per TechRepublic. CEO Aravind Srinivas has said organisations could eventually run hundreds of Teammates per person.
Cost controls are thin. i-scoop reports that Perplexity publishes no typical consumption figures for a Teammate, and says complex projects, parallel agents and frequent automations use more credits. Top-ups are priced at $1 per 100 credits, also per i-scoop. Byteiota notes that Perplexity has not published spending caps, so nothing hard-stops credit use.
Why it matters
For builders, the pricing signal is that persistent agents are landing in a premium tier. Teammates requires the $200 Max plan, while Dots start at $100 and Duet is available from $20, according to The Decoder. Teams designing agent products should assume long-running jobs consume credits continuously, so metering, spending limits and per-seat cost models need to be planned before launch.
For sellers and funders, the release arrives as investors question returns on AI spending. Startup Fortune ties the launch to a slide in Nasdaq AI stocks. Amazon's dispute over Perplexity's Comet browser also shows that agents acting inside logged-in websites carry legal risk, so products that act on a user's behalf need clear authorization design and a defensible account of who is doing the access.
Key points
- 1Teammates launched November 5, 2026, for Perplexity Max subscribers on the web first.
- 2Max costs $200 a month and includes 10,000 Computer credits that Teammates draw on.
- 3Each Teammate runs on its own virtual machine with a desktop and browser.
- 4Teammates can post in Slack, ask colleagues questions and hand results back for review.
- 5Dots start at $100 and Duet starts at $20, according to The Decoder's comparison.
