Mr. Aarvind Srinivas, Perplexity’s CEO, breaks the silence on the launch of its much-awaited Comet, an agentic browser. The company vows to launch Comet within the upcoming 3 to 5 weeks, at the minimum. The CEO claims that Comet's reliability and latency have improved over the last few weeks, with just 10-20 percent of the work being pending, which is causing the company to experience hiccups before the launch. 

The CEO adds, “ Comet will have native virtual meeting recording, transcription, and searches over them. Won’t be part of the first release, but very fast follow-up,” reflecting on the features and plans the company has envisioned for its upcoming browser. It highlights the prevailing needs of the users today, which are seamlessness and a centralized approach to address browsing actions. 

Comet: No sort of AI-powered operating system 

The CEO writes, “There's a buzzword called 'agentic OS." That's just a fancy way of saying build an AI-native browser with access to your web app tabs, data, and AI able to answer anything and carry out tasks. Otherwise, you have to go build a Windows/MacOS/Linux competitor.” The CEO tries to simplify the idea of an agentic browser in contrast to an agentic OS, where the company is stuck trying to make a whole new operating system, which is extremely difficult and a huge effort. 

Beyond this seems to him probably unnecessary too, when he pitches for the companies to develop an agentic browser, as most apps are on the web. 

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Comet: Built on Chrome’s Open Sourcing 

The CEO mentions in his prior tweets clarifying the company’s stance on Google’s ongoing antitrust probe in the US. The CEO says, “Google deserves a lot of credit for open-sourcing Chromium, which powers Microsoft's Edge and will also power Perplexity's Comet.” Through this, the CEO clarifies the company’s stand regarding the testimony that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had asked for as it pronounces upon the issue of the monopoly of Google in search. 

Comet: Chrome’s Declining Influence 

Earlier, the CEO had made posts on X regarding the declining influence of Google in search and the increasing influence of AI or chatbot approaches in the search and browsing landscape. He writes, “ AI is eating search,” with the figures showing the declining influence of search. 

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He has remained quite vocal about the issues related to Chrome, including the lack of innovation, which he suggests, in hindsight, at some points. For instance, tagging to post by Chrome on X, he writes, “On Comet, you can simply ask in English what you want it to reopen specifically. There's no need to memorize complex shortcuts. Chrome is on its way out,” calling out a complete outcasting of Chrome. 

On Comet, you can simply ask in English what you want it to reopen specifically. No need to remember fancy shortcuts. Chrome is on its way out. https://t.co/qCg6CoKCx2

— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) April 30, 2025

The CEO had first told about the initiative in February this year with an appeal to join it for testing purposes.