PERPLEXITY TEASES A WEB BROWSER CALLED COMET

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Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine company, has launched a sign-up list for its upcoming browser, Comet. There are few details on what the browser will do or what it looks like, but the company calls it 'a browser for agentic search'. Perplexity's product portfolio is growing at a rapid pace - it recently released a 'deep research' product, an AI-powered assistant for Android, and an API for AI search. It has reportedly raised over $500 million in capital from VCs and is said to be valued at $9 billion.