Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday launched Perplexity Labs, a device for subscribers to Perplexity’s $20-per-month Pro plan that may craft stories, spreadsheets, dashboards, and extra.
Perplexity Labs is out there on the internet, iOS, and Android, and coming quickly to Perplexity’s apps for Mac and Windows.
“Perplexity Labs may help you full quite a lot of work and private tasks,” Perplexity explains in a weblog submit. “Labs is designed to take a position extra time — 10 minutes or longer — and leverage extra instruments [to accomplish tasks], akin to superior file technology and mini-app creation.”
Labs, which arrives the identical day as viral AI agent platform Manus launched a slide deck creation device, is part of Perplexity’s effort to broaden past its core enterprise of search. Perplexity is at present previewing an online browser, Comet, and lately acquired Read.vc, a social media community for professionals.
Perplexity Labs, powered by AI, can conduct analysis and evaluation, taking round 10 minutes and utilizing instruments like internet search, code execution, and chart and picture creation to craft stories and visualizations. Labs can create interactive internet apps, Perplexity says, and write code to construction knowledge, apply formulation, and create paperwork.
All information created throughout a Perplexity Labs workflow — akin to charts, photos, and code information — are organized in a tab from the place they are often considered or downloaded. “This expanded functionality empowers you to develop a broader array of deliverables on your tasks,” based on Perplexity’s weblog submit.
It all sounds good in concept, however AI being an imperfect expertise, Labs possible doesn’t all the time hit the mark. Of course, we’ll reserve judgment till we’ve an opportunity to check it.
Perplexity has more and more invested in corporate-focused performance, final summer time launching an enterprise plan with person administration, “inner information search,” and extra. The strikes might be partially on the behest of the VCs backing Perplexity, who’re little question desirous to see a return ahead of later. Perplexity is reportedly in talks to boost as much as $1 billion in capital from buyers at an $18 billion valuation.
