At its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference — held inside a former church in San Francisco’s North Beach — Perplexity unveiled Personal Computer, a cloud-based AI agent designed to function as a persistent digital worker. Always on. Never takes a lunch break. More than can be said for most employees.
Announcing Personal Computer.
Personal Computer is an always on, local merge with Perplexity Computer that works for you 24/7.
It’s personal, secure, and works across your files, apps, and sessions through a continuously running Mac mini. pic.twitter.com/EpvilVX6XZ
— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) March 11, 2026
So what Perplexity’s Personal Computer actually is?
Personal Computer is not hardware Perplexity manufactures — it’s software. A persistent, 24/7 evolution of the earlier Perplexity Computer, it runs continuously on a user-provided Mac mini or similar always-on machine, giving the AI direct access to local files, apps, and sessions.
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