Perplexity AI Launches Free Comet Browser, Taking on Google Chrome

Perplexity AI Launches Free Comet Browser, Taking on Google Chrome

Perplexity AI on Wednesday announced that its Perplexity AI browser is live for users around the world — and, in a move that’s sure to turn heads, it is making the $200-a-month tool free for all.

The browser was released in July for Perplexity Max subscribers. But Comet is no ordinary Comet browser free download. Instead, it bills itself as a personal AI assistant that can do more than browse the web. People can use it to organize tabs, write emails, go shopping, and more. Interest in Comet was off the charts: The waitlist to use it was reportedly in the millions. By dropping the paywall, Perplexity is betting that Comet will grow faster if it’s free and will be able to go toe-to-toe with Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

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