Key Takeaways

Perplexity just made its $200-a-month search engine completely free.

‘Millions’ of people were on a waitlist for the AI browser, Perplexity had claimed.

Comet offers AI summaries from “high-quality” sourcing with an “assistant” built in.

In July, AI startup Perplexity , valued at around $20 billion , launched an AI browser called Comet . The $200-a-month service offered a search engine with AI-generated summaries (focused on high-quality sources) and an “assistant” built into the browser that can automate web searching and other tasks.

Now, it’s free. Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told Business Insider on Wednesday: “We want to build a better internet, and that needs to be accessible to everybody.”

Comet can access apps like Gmail, LinkedIn, and your calendar

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