Invites to Perplexity’s new AI-powered web browser, Comet , are one of the web’s hottest commodities these days. The new product was made available first to the AI firm’s $200-per-month Max subscribers and a small group of invitees. But now there’s a new way to jump ahead on the waitlist. On Wednesday, PayPal announced it’s giving its customers, including PayPal and Venmo users, early access to Comet as well as a free year’s subscription to Perplexity’s premium service, Perplexity Pro, normally $200 per year.
The browser, launched in July , offers an integrated AI assistant, AI-generated summaries of search results, product comparisons, and other features.
While typically a co-marketing relationship isn’t news, it’s worth paying attention to this deal because of PayPal’s ability to