Perplexity Says It Created About 10,000 AI Teammates in 30 Days

Perplexity has launched Teammates, AI agents designed to handle ongoing work, after creating about 10,000 for internal use in 30 days, a figure CEO Aravind Srinivas said is 20 times its human headcount.

Users can give an agent a role, goal and permissions. Agents can track work, spot problems and use tools. Multiple Teammates can divide tasks and contact human colleagues through Slack.

A sales agent, for example, can investigate why a customer stopped ordering and prepare a follow-up plan. A software development agent that finds a website bug can pass it to another agent to write a fix.

Each agent has a separate workspace with project memory and task history. Users can check progress, adjust their direction or take over an agent’s work.

Teammates is in research preview for Max subscribers, who pay $200 per month. The web version is available first; native mobile and desktop apps are planned later.