Perplexity Launches 'Portable Computer' for On-Device Agentic AI
NVIDIA Developer · youtube · 2026-09-01
Perplexity and NVIDIA introduced 'Portable Computer,' an agentic AI platform running locally on NVIDIA DGX Spark. It defaults to local models like Qwen but can escalate to cloud models with user permission. Demos included offline analysis of sensitive brokerage documents and local funnel diagnostics. Launching tomorrow for Pro and Max users.
Related event: Perplexity and NVIDIA Launch Fully Local Agent Platform(2 posts)→
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