Perplexity AI unveils hybrid local-cloud inference system at Computex 2026 (opens in new tab)

, the fast-growing search startup now , unveiled what it calls the at on Monday night, demonstrating software that autonomously decides — in real time and mid-task — which AI workloads stay on a user's device and which get routed to frontier models in the cloud.CEO Aravind Srinivas demonstrated the system onstage alongside Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan during Intel's keynote address, using Perplexity's "" agent to process confidential deal materials. In the demonstration, local models running on deter...