LaunchDevelopersSeptember 30, 2026

Perplexity releases Photon, a Rust retrieval engine

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Photon cuts p99 latency from 800 ms to 65 ms and hits sub-250ms p95, replacing the open-source engine Perplexity had forked. It now handles retrieval and ranking for all production traffic and powers a new Fast Search mode.

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