# Perplexity launches $200-a-month AI agents for work

> Its always-on Teammates can handle different jobs at once and connect with Slack, but require Perplexity’s $200 monthly Max plan.

Oossa · 2026-11-05 · https://oossa.com/en/perplexity-launches-200-a-month-ai-agents-for-work

Perplexity has launched Teammates, a set of always-on AI agents designed to handle work inside a shared workspace. The company says users can give different Teammates different roles and assign them jobs to perform at the same time. The agents can also draw on existing projects, skills and memory from the Perplexity tools a user already uses.

The feature is built on Perplexity Computer, the company’s AI system for deploying agents on a user’s device. Perplexity describes Teammates as an added layer for collaboration and ongoing, large-scale work, rather than just a way to complete individual tasks. Users can follow each agent’s progress in separate threads in the Perplexity app and interact with them through Slack.

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says he imagines organizations eventually having hundreds of Teammates working for each person. That is a vision for the future, not a description of what the launch currently provides: the announcement does not specify how many agents an organization can use or what tasks they can reliably complete.

## A higher-priced way to use work agents

Perplexity’s launch puts it alongside OpenAI and Anthropic, which also have work-focused agent offerings. The Verge compares Teammates with OpenAI’s Dots and Claude Duet, but the announcement does not provide a feature-by-feature comparison or test results showing how the products perform against one another.

The clearest practical limit is the price: Teammates require Perplexity’s Max plan, which costs $200 per month. The announcement does not spell out whether that price is per user or for a team, nor does it give details about availability, security controls or the kinds of work agents can access. Those details matter for organizations deciding whether the service fits their needs.

For existing Perplexity users, the pitch is that agents can carry over context from projects and skills already in the company’s tools, while staying accessible in the app and Slack. Whether that makes ongoing work easier will depend on what the agents can do in practice; the launch description does not include examples or independent evaluations.

## The facts

- Perplexity’s Teammates are always-on AI agents that can take on different roles in a workspace.
- Users can assign Teammates jobs to perform simultaneously and track progress in app threads.
- Teammates can draw on projects, skills and memory from Perplexity tools, and users can interact with them through Slack.
- Using Teammates requires Perplexity’s $200-per-month Max plan.

## Why it matters

For teams already using Perplexity, Teammates could bring ongoing agent work into the app and Slack while reusing existing project context. The $200 monthly price is clear, but the announcement does not establish how many agents are included or what tasks they can reliably handle, so teams cannot judge the practical value from the launch details alone.

## Sources & references

1. [Perplexity launches its own take on AI agents for work](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1028302/perplexity-teammates-ai-agents-work) – The Verge, 2026-11-05
2. [Perplexity now has its own always-on AI agent](https://the-decoder.com/perplexity-now-has-its-own-always-on-ai-agent/) – The Decoder, 2026-11-06

Last updated: 2026-11-06