Chrome's AI Challenger Has Landed: Meet Comet

Perplexity's Comet Blends Familiarity With Agentic AI to Reshape the Web Yamini Kalra • July 25, 2025

Perplexity, the fast-rising artificial intelligence search engine startup backed by the likes of Nvidia and Jeff Bezos, is riding on a cosmic high with the launch of Comet - a full-featured AI-native web browser that claims to "browse at the speed of thought."

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Currently in beta and invite-only for premium users, Comet is positioned as the next interface layer between users and the internet. Built on Chromium, the open-source framework behind Chrome and Edge, it integrates Perplexity's search engine and generative AI directly into the browsing experience.

For Aravind Srinivas, the 31-year-old founder of the $18 billion startup, it could be the "killer app" for AI.

And it's caused a bit of a stir.

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