Perplexity's Agent Strategy: Blocked at the Front Door, Building Through the Back
Mar 13, 2026Industry·Noah Ogbi·7 minMar 13
A federal judge blocked Perplexity's Comet agent from Amazon's site on March 10. Two days later, the company unveiled Personal Computer, a persistent AI agent running locally on a Mac mini. The two events are not coincidental - they define the strategic dilemma at the center of the agentic web.