Perplexity Launches Portable Computer: Fully Local, Cloud-Free AI Agent
AravSrinivas · x · 2026-08-28
Perplexity has launched 'Portable Computer,' a fully local version of its Computer agent. The entire runtime—including the orchestrator LLM, subagent LLM, and agent harness—runs on local hardware with no cloud dependency. Arav Srinivas endorsed this as a smart move, predicting that local AI boxes will become as ubiquitous as WiFi routers.
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