Perplexity says Astra excels at computer use, coming to Comet browser
AravSrinivas · x · 2026-09-04
Perplexity CEO Arav Srinivas announced that Astra is strong at computer use and will be brought into the Comet browser as well as the company's cloud browser sandbox powering all computer-use tasks. Official evals are coming soon.
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