What Happened: “I reached out to Chrome to offer Perplexity as a default search engine option a long time ago. They refused. Hence we decided to build Perplexity Comet browser,” Srinivas wrote on X Wednesday.

Comet positions itself as an artificial intelligence-powered browser that transforms browsing into “thinking,” according to Perplexity’s announcement. The browser integrates conversational AI capabilities, allowing users to ask questions directly without traditional search navigation. The company describes the shift as moving “from navigation to cognition.”

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Perplexity’s search engine provides inline citations and sources, differentiating it from traditional search results.

Comet launches initially for Perplexity Max subscribers, with invite-only access rolling out through summer. The browser represents Perplexity’s boldest challenge to Google’s web ecosystem as AI search competition intensifies across the technology sector.

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