Goodbye, OpenClaw. 19 top AIs raided Silicon Valley, turning $30,000 financial terminals into "scrap metal".

After OpenClaw was blocked by Google, Perplexity dropped a bombshell by officially launching Perplexity Computer, which enables 19 top global AIs to work collectively without any manual intervention throughout the process. Meanwhile, Anthropic officially announced a significant acquisition, which brought a qualitative change to Claude's execution ability.

The best alternative to OpenClaw is here!

Today, Perplexity officially released "Perplexity Computer", which integrates the world's most powerful AIs into one system with a single click.

It can complete the entire process of tasks "end - to - end", including researching, designing, writing code, deploying, and managing any project.

More specifically, Perplexity Computer is an extremely powerful multimodal system that enables multiple AI agents to work in parallel through precise orchestration.

The underlying logic is that Claude Opus assigns different subtasks to the most suitable models, up to 19 models.

It automatically selects the best model for each step. It uses Claude for reasoning, Gemini for research, and Grok for speed. Moreover, it can run autonomously in the background for hours or even days.

While Perplexity is betting on Agent - controlled computers, Anthropic is not showing any sign of weakness.

Also today, Anthropic made a lightning - fast acquisition of the startup Vercept. Its core capabilities will be integrated into Claude in the coming weeks.

Perplexity Computer raids Silicon Valley, with 19 large models working collectively

Perplexity Computer defines what a personal computer should be like in 2026.

It is customized for individuals. It can not only remember the user's past work but also is secure and reliable by default.

The system also has hundreds of built - in connectors, has persistent memory, and can directly access files and the Internet.

Whether it's clearing to - do lists, advancing ongoing projects, or starting a new side project, Perplexity Computer can handle it all.

Now, no longer limited to any single task, people can advance hundreds of projects simultaneously, just like conducting an orchestra.

Perplexity scientists say that this is an OpenClaw for ordinary people and also the smartest "colleague" they've ever worked with.

It can be said that the birth of Perplexity Computer marks the official entry of personal computing into the era of "all - around Agents".

Suppose you want to know "Is NVIDIA's valuation too low?" You can let the Computer organize the order situations of multiple companies such as AMD, AVGO, INTC, QCOM, and TSMC and make a visual display on the web.

Perplexity Computer can also find the segment where Dario Amodei discusses "model differentiation" from his latest podcast.

The AI can edit this video, convert the picture into a vertical screen suitable for TikTok, and add subtitles.

For another example, if you want to buy Walter White's house and convert it into a short - term rental.

If you want to calculate the return on investment of renting this house on Airbnb, the Computer can help you build a financial model.

It's worth mentioning that behind the powerful capabilities of Perplexity Computer stands a hidden technical mastermind.

He is Alex Graveley, the former chief architect of GitHub Copilot.

During his two - year tenure at Perplexity, he also developed the AI - native browser Comet.

Currently, Perplexity Computer is available to Max subscribers on the web, with 10,000 credits per month.

The core model uses a "pay - as - you - go" system. People can choose specific models for different sub - agents and set a token limit.

To celebrate the release, both existing and newly registered users will receive a limited - time reward of 20,000 credits, valid for 30 days.

Founder's in - depth article: AI is the computer

After the release of Perplexity Computer, founder Aravind Srinivas published an in - depth article, redefining the concept of "computer" in the AI era.

He bluntly pointed out that single models have become a bottleneck in productivity due to the lack of "cross - family collaboration".

In the article, he publicly revealed for the first time a secret experiment codenamed "ASI".

Initially, it was just a Slack plugin, but it showed terrifying evolutionary capabilities -

It's like a digital employee that can autonomously break down tasks, create sub - agents, call hundreds of tools, and even write code in a cloud sandbox.

AI is no longer just a simple dialog box but a complete "computer" with a file system, browser, and Shell permissions.

Moreover, Srinivas also analyzed the evolution of computing history: from Google's misjudgment of the difficulty of "reading" with Chromebook in 2011 to the current situation where AI has completely solved the retrieval and synthesis of information.

He believes that future computers should not be the cumbersome GUI but a "symphony orchestra" composed of 19 or more AIs.

Claude's biggest weakness is that it can only collaborate with Claude.

True "super - intelligence" should let models good at coding write code and models good at reasoning handle logic.

Srinivas said that in 2025, a new model was launched on average every 17 days. The moat of computing will shift from underlying code to the ability to schedule heterogeneous models.

This "symphony - style" collaboration paradigm indicates that the moat of traditional operating systems is collapsing, and an era where "AI is the computer" has arrived.

Create a financial app with a single click, outperforming $30,000 tools

Compared with Perplexity's self - praise, real - world tests across the network are more convincing.

You can choose three models according to your preferences: Claude, Gemini, GPT

Well, it's disrupting traditional high - end financial tools...

Through multi - model collaboration, Perplexity Computer can build a "real - time financial terminal" comparable to Bloomberg at once.

In the following demonstration, it can conduct in - depth analysis of NVIDIA stocks, including stock price charts, company information, financial summaries, and market insights.

You know, the annual fee for the Bloomberg terminal is as high as $30,000, and its main value lies in real - time data, network, and expert access.

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