Perplexity Teammates Bring Monitoring AI Agents
The research-preview agents run on isolated machines for Max subscribers, with native apps still in development.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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Perplexity launched Teammates for Max subscribers on the web on November 5, 2026. Teammates is a research preview, not a general release, and it is available only to individual Max subscribers; Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max accounts are not included by default.
Why it matters
Teammates shows AI agents moving from answering questions toward running ongoing tasks on a user's behalf. Each teammate is built from Projects, skills, and memory in Perplexity Computer and monitors connected tools, acting when something changes.
The launch is a product release of a research preview, and the source reports no benchmarks or measured performance figures for Teammates. Usage draws from the Max plan's monthly credit allocation, and complex or parallel tasks consume more credits, but the source does not quantify those credit costs.
The players
Perplexity
An AI search company whose Perplexity Computer platform supplies the tasks, skills, memory, and tools that Teammates are built from.
The details
Each teammate runs on its own isolated computer, meaning a separate desktop, browser, and cookies, so its activity is kept apart from other sessions. Credentials are encrypted and the teammate cannot view them. Teammates are assembled from Perplexity Computer's tasks, skills, memory, and tools, and each one monitors connected tools and acts when something changes, pausing to ask for input when it needs it.
Timeline
Teammates launched for Max subscribers on the web on November 5, 2026.
The Tech Race
Teammates places Perplexity among AI companies building persistent, tool-connected agents rather than single-query chat interfaces. The source does not name a specific competing product or research program for direct comparison.
Max subscribers on the web can use Teammates now as a research preview, with each teammate drawing on the monthly credit allocation of their plan. Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max accounts do not get it by default, and native apps are still in development with no date given.
The takeaway
Teammates signals a shift toward AI agents that keep working in the background and act when connected tools change. Watch for the arrival of native apps, which the source describes as coming soon but without a stated date.
Further reading
For more on the agent systems behind this launch, see the Artificial Intelligence section.
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