Perplexity teases Comet, an AI browser for ‘agentic search’

Search, AI, browsers: all three technologies naturally mix together. So it should be no surprise that AI-powered search engine, Perplexity AI, is teasing its entry into the browser market with “Comet.”

Perplexity isn’t saying much. All we know of Comet is that Perplexity announced it via Twitter/X on Monday morning. The company calls Comet “a browser for agentic search.” It revealed no other details.

Perplexity hopes to be the next Google; it’s one of numerous AI-powered tools that users can take advantage of. The company claims that its artificial intelligence gives users a more relevant search experience than other browsers, some of which (Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Edge, among others) either tap into AI, search, or both. It’s not quite clear what Perplexity means by “agentic search,” though AI companies have recently begun pushing “agents” that can act autonomously on your behalf.

Meanwhile, Perplexity is also facing a suit from Dow Jones and The New York Post, filed last October, claiming that Perplexity has “scraped” their sites to generate responses,