Perplexity Rapid March Towards AI Domination
"On the beaches, on the seas, in the air"
Perplexity is on a mission to be everywhere, as accessible as the air we breathe.
Somehow it reminds me of Churchillโs legendary speech during the WW2.
Started as a simple web ChatBot, it immediately took the crown to be the best AI Researcher, and with the ability to connect to the internet (the first among others), it displaced Google as the go-to Internet Search Engine.
Since then, the momentum hasnโt stopped:
๐ฃ๏ธ Android Voice AI Assistant
๐ป Native Windows App
๐ iOS App (some say itโs what Siri should have been)
๐งโ๐ป The AI-Native Comet Browser - Perplexity wants to own your desktop and beat Google in its own game.
The latest advancement was small and simple, but it had a significant impact, because now you can chat with Perplexity directly from WhatsApp!
This strategic move put Perplexity potentially in the hands of over ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป users worldwide - more than 58% total Messaging app users in the world!
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ต๐๐ด๐ฒ!
How does it work?
Meta as the owner of WhatsApp also released it's own Meta AI which you can summon from anywhere inside WA chat.
While Perplexity acts as a business contact whose number you can add, and have a chat with.
Btwy, here is the number.
It's a different modality compared to Meta AI, but with one key difference โก๏ธ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ! ๐จ
What makes this even more exciting:
Even users with basic smartphones can now access powerful AI simply by adding one phone number.
No fancy apps, no special requirements.
๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ.
There seems to be no stopping Perplexity, it continues to try to 'insert' itself everywhere, cutting off other players, beating them on their turf.
I only hope that Perplexity is ready with the resources needed to serve every WA users who wants to turn their profile picture into a Ghibli style image ๐
Have you tried Perplexity - anywhere at all? Drop me a comment and tell me what your take is.
Hi there, Iโm Chris Prakoso.I believe that AI isnโt here to replace usโitโs here to elevate us. In Augmented Humanity, I explore how AI, data, and emerging tech enhance human potential, reshape industries, and redefine human-machine collaboration. Please subscribe, like, share and restack.