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Daniel Levi @ Startups News · today 10:47 EDT

Perplexity drops $200 paywall on Comet AI browser as Eric Schmidt backs Altera’s game-playing AI agents

Facing mounting pressure from Big Tech players like Google and OpenAI, as well as rising newcomers like Altera, Perplexity is dropping Comet’s $200 paywall to stay ahead in the AI browser race. Three months after launching Comet as a premium ...

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