After launching to subscribers willing to fork out hundreds of dollars a month this summer, Perplexity’s agentic AI browser Comet is now available to everyone for free. “The internet is better on Comet,” the company says, promising to remain free forever as it styles the browser as a serious challenger to Google’s Chrome.

Comet puts AI at the heart of the browsing experience. It incorporates Perplexity’s AI search tools and a personal AI assistant that, in the company’s words, actually “travels the web with” users, instead of being “tacked onto a traditional browser.” It’s supposed to make surfing the web simpler and help you with tasks like shopping, booking trips, and general life admin. To borrow the company’s words again: you “get more done.”

The AI-powered browser launched in July,

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