Perplexity’s new tool can generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and more

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday launched Perplexity Labs, a software for subscribers to Perplexity’s $20-per-month Professional plan that may craft experiences, spreadsheets, dashboards, and extra.

Perplexity Labs is on the market on the net, iOS, and Android, and coming quickly to Perplexity’s apps for Mac and Home windows.

“Perplexity Labs will help you full quite a lot of work and private initiatives,” Perplexity explains in a weblog put up. “Labs is designed to speculate extra time — 10 minutes or longer — and leverage extra instruments [to accomplish tasks], akin to superior file technology and mini-app creation.”

Labs, which arrives the identical day as viral AI agent platform Manus launched a slide deck creation software, is part of Perplexity’s effort to broaden past its core enterprise of search. Perplexity is at present previewing an internet browser, Comet, and just lately acquired Learn.vc, a social media community for professionals.

Perplexity Labs, powered by AI, can conduct analysis and evaluation, taking round 10 minutes and utilizing instruments like internet search, code execution, and chart and picture creation to craft experiences and visualizations. Labs can create interactive internet apps, Perplexity says, and write code to construction knowledge, apply formulation, and create paperwork.

All recordsdata created throughout a Perplexity Labs workflow — akin to charts, photographs, and code recordsdata — are organized in a tab from the place they are often seen or downloaded. “This expanded functionality empowers you to develop a broader array of deliverables on your initiatives,” based on Perplexity’s weblog put up.

All of it sounds good in principle, however AI being an imperfect expertise, Labs doubtless doesn’t all the time hit the mark. In fact, we’ll reserve judgment till we now have an opportunity to check it.

Perplexity has more and more invested in corporate-focused performance, final summer season launching an enterprise plan with person administration, “inside data search,” and extra. The strikes could possibly be partially on the behest of the VCs backing Perplexity, who’re little doubt wanting to see a return prior to later. Perplexity is reportedly in talks to boost as much as $1 billion in capital from buyers at an $18 billion valuation.