Perplexity Open-Sources Internal Benchmark WANDR
heathercmiller · x · 2026-07-15
Perplexity has open-sourced WANDR, an internal evaluation tool used for building deep and wide research capabilities.
The shared post highlights that companies embedding their value propositions directly into evaluations and environments will gain a competitive edge. The author argues that high-quality evaluation capability is a novel strategic moat, potentially surpassing capital, economies of scale, and network effects.
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