Perplexity Launches Teammates, Personal Work Agents for Max Subscribers on the Web
Introducing teammates. Teammates work for you. They take on jobs, and work proactively using your Computer tasks, skills, memory, and tools. Teammates collaborate with other teammates and can message coworkers in Slack. Available now for Max subscribers on the web.
Context
Moving from chat prompts to goal driven work agents is how assistants start acting like coworkers inside real tools.
Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) is an AI search and assistant company. CEO Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) also posted about the launch the same hour. Max is Perplexity's top consumer subscription. Computer refers to Perplexity's agentic computer product.
Deep dive
Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) posted on Nov 5 introducing Teammates. The company says Teammates take on jobs and work proactively using Computer tasks, skills, memory and tools, and that they can collaborate with other teammates and message coworkers in Slack.
Availability is Max subscribers on the web first, with native mobile and desktop apps described as coming soon in the CEO's companion post from Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas), who framed the shift as moving from writing prompts in a session to giving high level goals.
The framing shifts Perplexity from a session based prompt chat toward persistent agents that hold goals. That matches a wider Nov pattern where Cursor, Claude and coding agents sell ongoing work rather than single answers.
The post does not list pricing changes, enterprise controls or which Slack workspaces are supported on day one. Those details will sit in product docs and Max account settings. Early demos will show whether Teammates actually finish jobs without constant steering.
The lead post passed about 113,000 views, and the CEO post passed about 108,000.
What to expect next
Watch for mobile and desktop Teammates, clearer Slack admin controls, and whether free or Pro tiers get a lighter version. Buyers will compare Teammates with Claude Code style agents and Cursor cloud apps. Retention of Max users after the launch will show if goal based agents stick beyond the demo week.
Enterprise security reviews will also decide whether Slack messaging from agents is allowed in regulated workplaces.