AI NewsPerplexity Takes On Claude Cowork With Personal Computer, an Agentic AI Platform for Mac Mini

Perplexity Takes On Claude Cowork With Personal Computer, an Agentic AI Platform for Mac Mini

5:01 PM IST · March 12, 2026

Perplexity Takes On Claude Cowork With Personal Computer, an Agentic AI Platform for Mac Mini

Perplexity unveiled the Personal Computer on Wednesday as an extension to the last month's Perplexity Computer platform. Unlike what the name suggests, it is not a hardware system, but a dedicated tool for Apple's Mac Mini that connects Perplexity Computer to a device, and allows it to access the local apps and files. With that, the multi-model agentic system can perform a wider range of complex tasks autonomously. The company's new offering also competes with other automation tools available in the market, such as Anthropic's Claude Cowork, Microsoft's Copilot Cowork, and OpenClaw.

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