Perplexity launches Portable Computer for NVIDIA DGX Spark
Portable Computer runs the entire agent runtime locally on DGX Spark, with zero per-token cost for local steps. The on-device 27B model scores 82.6% on real knowledge work, beating open-source harnesses Pi and Hermes; post-trained PPLX 27B reaches 85.4%.
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8 days · 5 reports · 11 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
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