Perplexity's Always-On AI PC Is Now in Early Access

Perplexity Personal Computer is hitting early access after being unveiled at the company's first developer conference in March 2026. It's not a hardware product — it's software that runs continuously on a user-supplied Mac mini, merging local context with Perplexity's cloud AI.

The pitch: an agent that never sleeps. It connects to Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, and Salesforce, monitors triggers, and executes tasks autonomously — no human in the loop required. Priority access goes to Perplexity Max subscribers, with a waitlist for everyone else. Sensitive actions still require approval, and every step is logged with a kill switch available.

This is the clearest signal yet that ambient, proactive AI agents are moving from demo to product in 2026.

Why it matters: Personal Computer isn't about answering questions — it's about AI acting on your behalf, around the clock. That's a different product category entirely.