TL;DR
- Perplexity has launched a new agentic AI tool called “Portable Computer” that runs locally on users’ devices.
- It uses small, efficient models such as Qwen 3.8 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.
- It will not incur token costs for tasks completed locally, but can connect to cloud models if needed.
Months after launching its agentic AI tool, “Personal Computer,” Perplexity is introducing a new option for users who prefer to run their AI agents locally.
The company today announced “Portable Computer,” its local-first agent, in partnership with NVIDIA. Portable Computer will run entirely on-device. The agent, along with the models and other tools, lives locally on the user’s device. This ensures that user data isn’t sent to the cloud and offers a higher level of privacy for sensitive data.
