Perplexity can now split your tasks between the cloud and local AI to reduce costs

It’s like getting the best of both worlds. Perplexity can now split your tasks between the cloud and local AI to reduce costs. It automatically identifies private files and information and processes them locally.

Hybrid Compute is currently available in the Perplexity app for Apple Silicon Macs. Perplexity has been releasing agentic AI tools in quick succession over the last few months, and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon. After releasing Personal Computer in April and Portable Computer late last month, the company is now launching Hybrid Compute.

The company announced Hybrid Compute in a post on X, while also explaining how it works and who it’s for. Perplexity / X Think of Hybrid Compute as a middle ground between Personal Computer and Portable Computer: it splits tasks between cloud-based models and local models on your machine.