Perplexity details CobbleDB: 2 engineers plus hundreds of AI agents built core infra in 2 months
inductionheads · x · 2026-09-16
- Perplexity published research on CobbleDB, the key-value database serving web content for its search product.
- The core infrastructure was built in 2 months by two engineers working with hundreds of proactive, always-on AI agents, a notable showcase of agent-driven infrastructure development.
- A Perplexity infra engineer amplified the news for recruiting, inviting interested candidates to DM.
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