Perplexity's internal workspace already has about 10,000 agent colleagues
Aravind Srinivas said that within the past 30 days, Perplexity's internal workspace has had about 10,000 agent colleagues, 20 times the company's employee count, of which about 1,000 were active yesterday. He believes that headcount growth and planning over the next few years will be very different. This tweet quoted Johnny Ho's announcement: Perplexity is launching Teammates to Max users as a research preview, capable of automatically completing tasks such as deep research, data analysis, QA, ticket triage, and code review.
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Perplexity's internal workspace already has about 10,000 agent colleagues, and the author uses this to argue that headcount growth and workforce planning will change.
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View original postToday we are rolling out the latest form factor for work: Perplexity teammates. Agents have reached the point where they can start to be trusted with responsibilities at work. Teammates excel at automating tasks like deep research, data analysis, QA, triaging tickets, and reviewing code, which has saved each of us internally at Perplexity hundreds of hours of menial work. Leaving us the much more interesting work of setting vision, judging quality, and teaching restraint. Agents are now rising up beyond tools and task-based sessions to take on supporting and coworking roles. Teammates proactively reach out to you, other coworkers, and other teammates in the workspace. Teammates close the loop on their own work, finishing the job instead of requiring repeated steering or manual management of sessions. Available to Max users as a research preview today.
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Today we are rolling out the latest form factor for work: Perplexity teammates. Agents have reached the point where they can start to be trusted with responsibilities at work. Teammates excel at automating tasks like deep research, data analysis, QA, triaging tickets, and reviewing code, which has saved each of us internally at Perplexity hundreds of hours of menial work. Leaving us the much more interesting work of setting vision, judging quality, and teaching restraint. Agents are now rising up beyond tools and task-based sessions to take on supporting and coworking roles. Teammates proactively reach out to you, other coworkers, and other teammates in the workspace. Teammates close the loop on their own work, finishing the job instead of requiring repeated steering or manual management of sessions. Available to Max users as a research preview today.
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We have about 10,000 teammates (within the last 30 days) in Perplexity's internal workspace right now. That's already 20x our headcount. And about a 1000 were active yesterday. Headcount growth and planning will be done very differently in the coming years.