Overview
- Apple cited Perplexity during its Q2 earnings call, and the company is emphasizing that its Mac‑native Personal Computer runs locally and works best on a Mac mini that can stay on all day.
- The platform is adding Microsoft Teams messaging, a native Excel side panel in beta, reusable workflows with more than 70 templates, and direct data connectors for Snowflake and Databricks.
- A new partnership with 1Password lets the agent take actions in password‑protected apps without showing the model a user’s credentials.
- Perplexity says Personal Computer has delivered more than $2.8 billion in labor‑equivalent work for paying users since launch, though these are company‑reported figures.
- Apple reports Mac mini and Mac Studio are sold out in many countries with months of tight supply, which could slow new rollouts, while access is available to Pro, Max, and Enterprise subscribers starting at $17 a month.