Perplexity Developing Internal AI Tool for Programming Tasks
AI search company Perplexity has developed an internal AI programming tool, codenamed "Teammate," which has been in use by the company's engineers since May.
Perplexity, an AI search engine company that competes with Google, is reportedly developing an internal AI tool for programming tasks. According to a Business Insider report citing sources familiar with the matter, the San Francisco-based startup has created a tool codenamed "Teammate" that its engineers have been using since May.
The "Teammate" tool is designed to manage the entire software development lifecycle, including project oversight, debugging, and monitoring of online services. Internal documentation suggests the tool supports multiple AI models and is not tied to a specific large language model.
Should Perplexity release "Teammate" publicly, it would enter a competitive landscape alongside companies like Cursor, Anthropic, and OpenAI, all of which offer widely adopted AI coding products. Perplexity itself achieved a $20 billion valuation following its last funding round.
Perplexity's CTO, Denis Yarats, has previously advocated for AI-assisted development, suggesting engineers may soon rely on AI rather than manually reviewing code. He has also countered criticisms regarding the quality of AI-generated code, stating that if it passes quality checks, it is not inherently inferior.