Perplexity s Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac
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Perplexity's Personal Computer brings AI agents to your Mac, and is now open to everyone.
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Image Credits: Perplexity AI Perplexity Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac Sarah Perez 12:57 PM PDT · May 7, 2026 Perplexity Personal Computer , its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents, is now available to all Mac users via its desktop app, the company announced on Thursday.
As a reminder, Personal Computer is an expansion on Perplexity s general-purpose, multi-model digital worker dubbed, confusingly, Perplexity Computer. Personal Computer, meanwhile, is designed to bring those capabilities to your own device. It does so by allowing AI agents access to local files, applications, and connectors, as well as the web, in order to handle the individual user s personal, multi-step workflows.
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