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Perplexity’s Portable Computer Launched, Brings Cloud-Like AI Agent Capabilities to Edge Devices

3:12 AM IST · August 27, 2026

Perplexity Computer AI agent was launched earlier this year, in February, as the tech firm's latest multi-model AI workflow system. However, the AI agent, like other AI models and platforms, uses cloud computing to execute tasks remotely on a user's device. Now, Perplexity AI has launched a new version of the AI agent, namely Portable Computer, which is capable of running Perplexity Computer entirely on edge devices. The AI agent runs on the Nvidia DGX Spark with Qwen's AI models. However, with the user's permission, the AI agent can escalate the task to the cloud if and when it is required.