Dmitry Shevelenko is building Perplexity’s all-purpose AI assistant (opens in new tab)

Dmitry Shevelenko believes the future of work looks less like a series of apps and more like a single assistant that you ask to do something once and then let it run. Shevelenko, Perplexity’s chief business officer overseeing product, engineering, and operations, is helping build that future through the company’s Computer platform, launched in 2026, which allows users to describe an outcome, such as a marketing campaign, an app, or a video, and the system takes it from there. It breaks the jo...