Perplexity News & Updates
Last updated September 10, 2026
Perplexity launches Hybrid Compute, which keeps sensitive files on a local model while routing the rest of a task to the cloud
Intuit puts QuickBooks and Mailchimp inside Perplexity Computer so US businesses can pay, invoice, and run campaigns
Nvidia is in talks to back Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion, up 50% from where the search company was a year ago
Amazon asks 11 Ninth Circuit judges to rehear its Perplexity case after the panel ruled users, not Comet, access its site
Perplexity keeps most of the users its Airtel giveaway bought in India while downloads fall more than 90% since January
Perplexity blocks AI-exclusive ads served by Time.com
#291 – Mamdani vs Amazon, Perplexity’s ad battle, and Phoebe Gates knew the whole time
Perplexity blocks the ads Time hides in its markdown pages for AI agents, calling the practice deceptive regardless of labels
Perplexity’s agents can still shop on Amazon’s marketplaces
Perplexity can run its Comet AI shopping agent on Amazon again after an appeals court overturns the injunction against it
Reddit’s DMCA case against SerpApi and Perplexity survives dismissal weeks after a judge threw out Google’s nearly identical suit
Perplexity brings its Personal Computer agent to Windows, letting it reach local files, Microsoft 365, and the web at once
Germany’s media regulator says Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity are subject to German media law as content providers
Floqer raises $2M pre-seed backed by Perplexity’s fund and N49P to unify public and private customer data for GTM teams
Amazon and Perplexity face off at a US appeals court over whether a 1986 fraud law covers AI agents shopping on accounts
Perplexity says its 2028 IPO target won’t budge no matter how the Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX listings perform
Similarweb integrates its market-intelligence data into Perplexity’s AI agent platform
CNN sues Perplexity in New York federal court, alleging the AI search engine copied thousands of stories, videos, and images
Perplexity launches open-source Bumblebee scanner to check developer laptops for malicious packages, extensions, and AI tool configs
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