Perplexity internal data: median agent-hours per employee up 7x in 9 weeks
AravSrinivas · x · 2026-11-06
Perplexity CEO Arav Srinivas shared internal usage data for the company's "Teammates" agents: median agent-hours per active employee per week grew from 0.5h in early September to 3.4h by late October — a 7x rise over 9 weeks, up every single week.
- Employees getting 40+ agent-hours a week (a full extra workweek) grew from 6% to 19%.
- Teammate actions typed by a human dropped from 31% to 22%, with the rest handled by sub-agents, follow-ups and automations.
- Data comes from Perplexity internal analytics (Snowflake), covering Sep 3 – Nov 4, 2026.
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