# Perplexity launches teammates: long-running work agents inside Computer, Max subscribers first

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/news/perplexity-teammates · Evidence: Reported · First seen: 2026-11-06 18:59 UTC · Source published: not stated by the source · Brief published: 2026-11-08 07:09 UTC · Updated: 2026-11-08 07:09 UTC · Author: Agentic Weekly

> Perplexity launched teammates in a blog post dated Nov 4, 2026, calling them "personal agents that can take on that long-running work" inside Perplexity Computer. The post says teammates launch first on the web, and soon on iOS, for Perplexity Max subscribers.

## What changed

- Teammates are agents that work inside Perplexity Computer with your tools and files, coordinate Computer sessions and other teammates, and keep project goals, task history and shared files across runs, according to the post.
- They act without a fresh prompt: the post says teammates monitor ongoing work, investigate when things change, and send progress updates and approval requests until a task is done; feedback such as a two-week notice period is applied to later tasks.
- A teammate can be added to a Slack channel so colleagues hand it work or ask for updates, and teammates can pass work to each other, for example one finding website bugs and another preparing fixes.
- Each teammate runs in a separate environment with its own browser sessions, builds on Computer's existing tool and project permissions, and stores saved credentials encrypted; users can review work, take over the desktop or redirect it.
- Setup is under Teammates in the web app's left navigation: name it, connect plugins such as Slack, GitHub or Gmail (choosing which GitHub repositories it can reach), describe the work, and assign it a project and a first task.

## In the source's words

> "Today, we’re launching teammates, personal agents that can take on that long-running work."
> (Perplexity blog, Nov 4, 2026, https://www.perplexity.ai/en-GB/hub/blog/teammates-are-agents-for-complex-ongoing-work)

> "Teammates are initially launching on the web and soon on iOS for Perplexity Max subscribers."
> (Perplexity blog, setup and availability, https://www.perplexity.ai/en-GB/hub/blog/teammates-are-agents-for-complex-ongoing-work)

## Early verdict

Relevant if you already pay for Perplexity Max and want an agent that owns recurring business work across Slack, GitHub and Gmail; Free and Pro users would have to upgrade to try it. (Basis: Based only on Perplexity's launch post as read on Nov 8, 2026; we have not used the feature.)

## What we have not verified

- We did not use teammates; every capability here is Perplexity's description in its blog post.
- The post gives no price beyond requiring a Max subscription, and no date for the iOS release or the promised expansion of access.
- We did not check how the separate environments, permissions or credential encryption work in practice.

## Timeline

- Source published: not stated by the source
- First seen by our watcher: 2026-11-06 18:59 UTC (via Hacker News front page (AI posts))
- Brief published: 2026-11-08 07:09 UTC

## Sources

- [Perplexity blog: Teammates are agents for complex, ongoing work](https://www.perplexity.ai/en-GB/hub/blog/teammates-are-agents-for-complex-ongoing-work) (primary source) (fetched 2026-11-08)

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## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Perplexity launches teammates: long-running work agents inside Computer, Max subscribers first", published 2026-11-08 07:09 UTC, https://theagenticweekly.com/news/perplexity-teammates