Perplexity launches Portable Computer local agent on NVIDIA DGX Spark

Perplexity's Portable Computer runs the entire agent runtime locally on NVIDIA DGX Spark, with no cloud dependency. The post-trained PPLX 27B model scores 85.4% on real knowledge work, beating open-source harnesses Pi and Hermes.
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7 days · 6 reports · 15 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
- Aug 31
- Sep 1
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