Could Perplexity’s new Labs tool turn AI into everyone’s data analyst?

Perplexity has rolled out Perplexity Labs, a feature for its $20-per-month Pro subscribers that can spend about ten minutes per task to research topics and automatically generate spreadsheets, dashboards, interactive web apps, and other files. Labs taps web search, code execution, and on-the-fly chart or image creation, then neatly organizes every output for download in a dedicated tab—promising to handle everything from research briefs to formula-driven reports across the web and mobile apps, with desktop versions coming soon. TechCrunch

The launch underscores Perplexity’s push to move beyond AI search as it previews its Comet browser, acquires networking startup Read.vc, and reportedly courts funding at an $18 billion valuation. By folding deeper analysis and document-creation tools into its platform—just as rival Manus unveils a slide-deck agent—Perplexity hopes to stake a claim in the growing market for AI assistants that not only find answers but package them into ready-to-use deliverables for businesses and power users alike. TechCrunch