Augaster AI Digest
2026-11-09 · Augaster AI Digest

Perplexity's "Teammates" are AI agents that keep working after you close the chat

What happened. On November 5, 2026, Perplexity launched Teammates, persistent AI agents that own an ongoing piece of work instead of answering a single prompt. You give a teammate a goal, such as monitoring competitor pricing, drafting support replies from your policies, or tracking metrics, and it plans the work, runs it in the background and keeps going until it has something for you to review.

How it works. Each teammate gets its own desktop and browser session, keeps one running thread you can check, and uses the skills and plugins you've already installed with the same permissions. You can review its output, take over its desktop, or redirect it. Teammates can also sit in a Slack channel and take requests from coworkers.

Availability and price. Teammates are on the web for Perplexity Max subscribers, reported at about $200 a month. Usage is free for a promotional period, then draws on the plan's included credits. iOS, Android and desktop apps are listed as coming.

What it means for small businesses. This is a "part-time assistant for repetitive work": recurring research, monitoring, and first drafts. At $200 a month it's a premium tool today, so most small businesses should watch rather than buy. Independent testing of how reliably these agents finish long-running work isn't available yet.

Our take. Whatever agent you use, let it draft, and keep anything that moves money or reaches customers (refunds, prices, ad spend, outgoing messages) behind your approval.

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