Perplexity's November 6, 2026 update includes Teammates, agents for ongoing work rather than a separate prompt for each step. They are available to Max subscribers on the web. The earlier product post dates to November 4; this is not a new November 9 launch. The company presents planning, parallel tasks, memory and returning results for review as core capabilities.
How the work is organized
According to the product description, agents use existing Computer projects, files, skills and permissions. Each runs in a separate environment with its own browser session. They can coordinate with each other and participate in Slack. Users can inspect results, redirect work and take control. These are provider-described functions; SIExpo has not tested its own Teammate.
The distinction from a one-off task is preserving goals and history across runs. Monitoring a change and continuing work does not, however, mean every observed event authorizes an external action. The description is not a guarantee of error-free decisions, privacy under every configuration or general labor savings.
Editorial assessment: define the result and the boundary
A useful pilot could monitor public deadlines and prepare an internal list of changes. Define permitted sources, a completed deliverable and actions requiring a person beforehand. Collecting offers and placing an order, for example, involve different authority even when described as parts of one business goal.
Memory should preserve why a decision was made, not just its wording. If a supplier was rejected because a deadline had expired, a new offer may change the choice. Remembering only “do not use this supplier” could preserve an outdated conclusion after its cause disappears. This is our illustrative evaluation scenario for persistent agents, not a reported Teammates defect.
Coordination adds another question: when is a task actually complete? One participant's message is not equivalent to a successful action in an external system. Consequential steps need verifiable outcomes and a rule for uncertain state. Otherwise, restarting may duplicate an action, while closing too early may leave work unfinished.
The most useful assessment is a bounded workflow with an accountable owner. Measurement should include missed changes, inappropriate actions and review time, rather than just completed subtasks. Teammates is a specific product proposal for this delegation model; its promised autonomy must be weighed against the observable result and the authority the user actually granted.
Editorial verification: 2026-11-09T07:12:30.497786+00:00.
