Jul 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM

Perplexity launches Comet web browser with AI assistant and search integration

Perplexity has launched Comet, a new AI-powered web browser that integrates its search engine and assistant directly into the browsing experience. Built on Chromium, it supports extensions, settings, and bookmarks from other Chromium-based browsers, making it familiar to users of Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

Comet uses Perplexity as the default search engine, delivering AI-generated answers instead of traditional search results. A built-in assistant in the sidebar offers contextual support, summarizing content, answering questions, and explaining what’s on the page. It can also carry out tasks like sending emails, booking meetings, and making purchases.

The browser is currently available for Windows and macOS through an invite-only beta, limited to Perplexity Max subscribers ($200/month), with no mobile or Linux versions announced yet. Comet launches amid a new wave of AI-first browsers, including Dia Browser, the successor to the now discontinued Arc Browser from The Browser Company.

Jul 9, 2025 by Mauricio B. Holguin

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Perplexity Comet

Web Browser
Freemium • Proprietary

Perplexity Comet is a browser engineered to function as a thought partner and assistant across both professional and personal digital activities. It aims to streamline your online tasks by integrating assistance directly into your browsing experience.

External links

Perplexity Comet
Perplexity • Official source
Aravind Srinivas' Thread on X
@AravSrinivas on X • Official source
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CNBC
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The Verge
Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Launches with a Built-in AI Agent
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Comments

Asumeh

CommentJul 10, 2025

An all-AI browser...

Obviously since this (I believe, since it's coming from the namesake Perplexity icon Perplexity ) is cloud-based AI we're talking here, the privacy-minded folks should know that Comet is coming for every single bit of your information, waiting for you to send it its way so the browser can personalize your experiences and make a buck out of you! I know this is simply restating the obvious, but I just felt it needed to include some emphasis since it includes advanced AI baked in. This must've been the idea going forward ever since Google's Chrome was (and is still) on the danger zone of being sold... Not to mention if it ends up surpassing Google Chrome icon Google Chrome in market share (which I doubt), the team's gonna need to keep up with demand and costs to keep the browser running in the long run, though I'm pretty sure it's got it covered anyway since it's gathered more than $14 billion in the last 2.5 years.