Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser (techcrunch.com)

Use case for LLM-infested Chromium wrapper?

Recent and related:

Perplexity Comet - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44513769 - July 2025 (52 comments)

Comet Browser by Perplexity - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44511527 - July 2025 (14 comments)

Comet, you say?

Free slogan, courtesy of Joe MacMillan: “Search it, find it, comet”

:)

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-br...

I've always wanted a browser with a subscription fee

Wow, $200/month for the privilege of being monetized and tracked even more closely than Chrome does. Sounds like a real winner.

Perplexing indeed.

Can't say I have much trust in any of these recent AI company launched browsers.

They have a proven track record of not respecting people's data...

We just launched an open-source alternative -- you can download today; use local LLMs with ollama and not pay $200/month.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44523409

IMO this is not a true launch, just a beta only available to those who pay top dollar.

Right after the "launch", most of the people that are praising the browser are either employees, paid influencers or fans of the CEO.

I am yet to see a normal "non-tech" person use Perplexity after being a longtime ChatGPT user.

Maybe off-topic, but there are lots of rumors flying - will Apple acquire Perplexity?

Imagine paying $200/mo for this privacy nightmare

I don’t get it. Didn’t they launch this already a few month ago?

I see multiple comments decrying the browser price.

Have we collectively forgotten how to read?

The browser is not $200/mo. It's available for free to those on the Max plan now, and will be rolling out to other plans.

I imagine users on all those plans get some value out of Perplexity other than the browser.

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So... The main feature is the homepage setting and an AI tag that everyone else has had doe months?

<< At launch, Comet will be available first to subscribers of Perplexity’s $200-per-month Max plan, as well as a small group of invitees that signed up to a waitlist.

Boy i already pay Anthropic that. Now i should pay another 200 bucks to use an ai browser? On top of all these ai saas that want another 20 bucks.