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Introducing Portable Computer for local-first AI

Perplexity has launched Portable Computer, a local version of its Perplexity Computer agent built in partnership with NVIDIA, running on the NVIDIA DGX Spark desktop AI machine with a Grace Blackwell GB10 platform featuring 128GB unified…

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01The system runs models including Qwen 3.8 27B and PPLX 27B entirely on-device, keeping private data local while eliminating per-credit charges for local workloads.
02When needed, it can escalate specific tasks to 15+ cloud frontier models, but only with explicit user permission before any local data leaves the machine.
03The product integrates with Google Drive, Gmail, Slack, and GitHub, and includes local dictation via NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 ASR model.
04It is currently available to Pro and Max subscribers on Linux, with Windows support forthcoming.

Perplexity has launched Portable Computer, a local version of its Perplexity Computer agent built in partnership with NVIDIA, running on the NVIDIA DGX Spark desktop AI machine with a Grace Blackwell GB10 platform featuring 128GB unified memory. The system runs models including Qwen 3.8 27B and PPLX 27B entirely on-device, keeping private data local while eliminating per-credit charges for local workloads. When needed, it can escalate specific tasks to 15+ cloud frontier models, but only with explicit user permission before any local data leaves the machine. The product integrates with Google Drive, Gmail, Slack, and GitHub, and includes local dictation via NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 ASR model. It is currently available to Pro and Max subscribers on Linux, with Windows support forthcoming.

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