Perplexity Launches Comet Browser Free Globally to Challenge Chrome
In a bold move that signals Perplexity’s ambitions in the browser space, the AI startup has announced that its AI-powered browser, Comet Browser, is now available for free worldwide. Originally launched in July 2025 exclusively for the company’s Perplexity Max subscribers (a $200/month tier), Comet has been repositioned as a mass-market browser, designed to bring AI-first experience into everyday web browsing. This shift comes amid intensifying competition from big tech and other AI-native browser efforts—Google pushing AI features into Chrome, OpenAI considering its browser, and Opera turning heads with its Neon agentic browser. By making Comet free, Perplexity wants to … Read more