Perplexity Partners with Nvidia to Launch Portable Computer, a Fully Local AI Agent with Zero Token Costs
The local-first agent keeps files and work on-device, and Perplexity says locally completed tasks use no billing credits.
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Perplexity’s Computer agent can now run locally — if you can afford it
Perplexity, in partnership with Nvidia, has taken Computer, its agentic AI assistant, and brought it to the desktop in the form of Portable Computer. While there is a lot of interest in local AI right now, getting started can still be difficult — and expensive. Portable Computer definitely makes it easier to get started, but to run it, you need the right kind of machine. Local AI’s hardware bill As of now, there are two main options. The easiest…
Perplexity’s new local-first AI runs on your PC — and asks before using the cloud
Most AI assistants require you to send your questions, files and other data to somebody else’s servers. Perplexity’s new Portable Computer turns that arrangement around by running the entire AI system on hardware you own.Announced Tuesday, Portable Computer brings Perplexity’s agentic Computer platform to Nvidia DGX Spark and other Linux machines with compatible Nvidia graphics cards.The company says every task begins on your machine. If the loc…
Perplexity partners with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a fully local AI agent with zero token costs
Perplexity is launching Portable Computer today, a version of its agentic "Computer" platform that runs entirely on hardware users already own — starting with Nvidia's DGX Spark desktop supercomputer and Linux machines equipped with Nvidia RTX GPUs.The launch, developed in close partnership with Nvidia, is one of the most aggressive attempts yet to move serious AI agent workloads off the cloud and onto local devices. The model, the user's files,…
Perplexity, in partnership with giant NVIDIA, has just released a new, refined client application called Portable Computer. The tool is aimed primarily at the NVIDIA DGX Spark supercomputer. It's a local AI agent that runs directly on your hardware. Zero token fees and complete privacy. NVIDIA DGX Spark gets a powerful agent. It won't take a penny and won't sell your data. All inference, file searches, and task execution by the agent happen loca…
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