Perplexity launches local Portable Computer with PPLX 27B
testingcatalog · x · 2026-08-25
Perplexity launched a 'Portable Computer' for Pro and Max subscribers, running purely local models on NVIDIA DGX Spark. The feature is powered by the new post-trained PPLX 27B model or Qwen 3.8 27B, offering local agent capabilities. Support for NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is coming soon.
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