Perplexity AI CEO and founder Aravind Srinivas said on Friday that the startup's Comet browser can boost productivity so that companies won't need extra employees.

"Instead of hiring one more person on your team, you could just use Comet to supplement all the work that you're doing," Srinivas told CNBC's "Squawk Box."

The CEO said the artificial intelligence -powered web browser is a "true personal assistant" that allows users to complete more tasks in the same amount of time and said that the productivity gained could be worth $10,000 per year for a single person.

AI is already being deployed across businesses to save headcount and make operations more efficient, but the labor impact has so far been "limited," according to Goldman Sachs chief U.S. economist Jan Hatzius.

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