Perplexity: Median Employee Now Gets 5.4 Agent-Hours a Week, Up 11x in 10 Weeks
_andychung · x · 2026-11-16
Perplexity CEO Arav Srinivas shared internal analytics on Teammate, the company's agent tool.
- Median weekly agent-hours per active employee grew from 0.5h in early September to 5.4h in early November — 11x in 10 weeks, growing over 50% week over week
- Employees getting 40+ agent-hours a week (a full extra workweek) rose from 7% to 21%; those getting 8+ hours rose from 16% to 42%
- Estimated labor value of $80M-$180M a year against roughly $10M in token costs, a 9x-19x return depending on the job
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