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Perplexity launches hybrid compute for its AI platform

September 1, 2026, 15:00 UTC · San Francisco, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window

Perplexity introduced hybrid compute, enabling its AI agents to split tasks between cloud frontier models and local Apple silicon models.

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