Perplexity launches Teammates work agents, first for Max subscribers on the web
Perplexity introduced Teammates, personal agents (AI assistants that carry out multi-step tasks on their own) for work. They use your Computer tasks, skills, memory and tools, collaborate with other Teammates, and can message coworkers in Slack. Available now for Max subscribers on the web, with native mobile and desktop apps coming soon.
Perplexity announced Teammates on November 6, 2026 (Singapore time) from its official X account, with a launch thread from CEO Aravind Srinivas.
What it is
Teammates are personal agents for work (AI assistants that carry out multi-step tasks on their own). Perplexity describes the shift as giving high-level goals instead of writing prompts in a session. Teammates take on jobs and work proactively using your Perplexity Computer tasks, skills, memory and tools.
Key features
- Teammates can collaborate with other Teammates.
- They can message coworkers in Slack; Srinivas says they can watch ongoing work in a Slack channel and act proactively when something changes.
- They build on your existing Projects, Memory and Skills, and your existing connectors, files and past sessions carry over.
- They learn from feedback to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Availability
Rolling out now to Max subscribers on the web; native mobile and desktop apps are coming soon.
Perplexity's own use (per the CEO)
Srinivas says Perplexity uses Teammates daily for bug triage, QA loops, security monitoring, data analysis, managing A/B tests in production and growth marketing. He says its internal workspace has about 10,000 Teammates created within the last 30 days, with about 1,000 active the day before his post.