Perplexity’s Personal Computer arrived on Mac first because it was the best for locally deploying the agentic AI platform, the company has declared.

An example of Perplexity Personal Computer at work, from a promotional video

An example of Perplexity Personal Computer at work, from a promotional video
During Apple’s quarterly financial results. CEO Kevan Parekh referenced to the growing use of the Mac as a base of operations for AI platforms. Parekh namechecked Perplexity as one such company, taking advantage of Apple Silicon and its unified memory structure.
Ahead of Apple’s results release and analyst call, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas talked about the Mac during its Ask NYC enterprise and finance event. Specifically, how Personal Computer, its agentic AI platform that works with local files, was made for use on Mac.