SemiAnalysis: 45% of our AI spend goes to persistent agents, Perplexity's harness wins
AccBalanced · x · 2026-11-12
SemiAnalysis's Dylan Patel says persistent agents are the next unlock of AI usage, revealing 45% of the team's AI spend now goes to them. He finds Anthropic's Claude Tags lacking and OpenAI's Slack agent worse, while praising Perplexity Computer's multi-model harness as their primary choice. Perplexity co-founder Denis Yarats responded that working with SemiAnalysis pushes them to keep improving.
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