Browsers are dying — and Perplexity's $200 Comet is replacing them
perplexity launched comet, a $200/month agent browser, as opera, arc, and jatter also released autonomous browsers. this shifts the web from passive viewing to an agentic ai interface where browsers act on your behalf.
perplexity launched comet, a chatbot-based browser for $20/month max subscribers that can summarize emails and send calendar invites, while opera introduced neon ($19.90/month) with offline contextual awareness. startup jatter launched a cross-platform browser with personalized recommendations, and aside debuted a browser-native automation platform requiring password access. openai, however, killed its atlas browser in july 2026 to fold functionality into chatgpt, and browser company released a free ai-centric dia. this confirms the industry pivot from traditional browsing to ai agents capable of executing complex actions autonomously.