Perplexity launches Portable Computer local agent on NVIDIA DGX Spark
Portable Computer runs fully local on DGX Spark with a post-trained Qwen 3.8 27B model, scoring 82.6% on real knowledge work (85.4% with PPLX 27B). On Terminal Bench 2.1, escalation lifts score from 59.6% to 73.0% at $0.415 per rollout.
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same day · 3 reports · 16 community posts · from Aug 25
- Aug 25
Perplexity partners with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a fully local AI agent with zero token costsventurebeat.com
Perplexity’s Computer agent can now run locally — if you can afford itthenewstack.io
Perplexity Ships Portable Computer on NVIDIA DGX Spark: Local Harness, OS-Enforced Sandbox, and Zero Per-Token Cost for Local Stepsmarktechpost.com
- Aug 26
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