{
  "id": 18454474,
  "title": "Perplexity Launches 'Teammates', Always-On AI Agents For Work, Taking On OpenAI's Dots And Anthropic's Claude Duet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/perplexity-launches-teammates-always-on-ai-agents-for-work-taking-on",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-06T05:54:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/perplexity-launches-teammates-always-on-ai-agents-for-work-taking-on-openais-dots-and-anthropics-claude-duet"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Perplexity has introduced Teammates, a group of always-on AI agents designed to handle ongoing work tasks. These agents can be assigned specific roles and come equipped with a standing brief and set of rules. They carry over projects, skills, and memory from Perplexity Computer, a system that deploys agents on a user's device, and run on automations to keep work moving forward. Each Teammate has its own persistent thread in the app's sidebar and can collaborate with other teammates, even messaging coworkers in Slack. Each teammate operates with its own desktop and browser, utilizing the same plugins and permissions as the user.\n\nPerplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas anticipates that, in the future, a single user could have hundreds of Teammates working for them. The AI agents are currently available to Max subscribers on the web, with mobile and desktop versions set to launch soon.\n\nWhen compared to OpenAI's Dots, launched on September 29 at its DevDay conference, Teammates and Dots share similarities in being always-on agents designed to handle multiple tasks. However, while Dots are available to Pro and Business Premium users in eligible markets, Teammates are only accessible to Max subscribers. OpenAI's Dots utilize the GPT-6 Astra model and have access to over 4,000 apps through OpenAI's plugins.\n\nAnthropic's Claude Duet, a standalone app for professionals and small-business owners, was previewed on October 21, though some outlets date it to October 22. Duet offers a daily briefing and tasks such as scheduling, building forecasts, and web app development. Access to Duet is limited to US Claude Pro and Max subscribers through a waitlist. Unlike Teammates, Anthropic has stated that Duet checks connected accounts every few hours rather than continuously, making it potentially less suitable for personal errands like booking tickets.",
  "summary": "Perplexity has launched Teammates, a set of always-on AI agents meant to own ongoing work, putting it in the same race as OpenAI's Dots and Anthropic's Claude Duet. What Perplexity Teammates does Each Teammate can be given a role, a standing brief and rules for when to bring the user in, according to Perplexity's product page. They carry over projects, skills and memory from Perplexity Computer,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}