Perplexity is developing an AI coding tool that can manage software projects from start to finish, according to a report by Business Insider.
Internally codenamed "Teammate," the tool has reportedly been in use by Perplexity engineers since May, where it has helped with tasks such as finding bugs and investigating issues across internal systems.
Unlike assistants focused on individual coding tasks, Teammate is designed to handle long-term engineering work by managing projects, troubleshooting problems, and monitoring services from beginning to end.
Sources familiar with the project say the tool is model-agnostic, meaning it isn't tied to a single AI model or chatbot.
Perplexity has not confirmed whether it plans to release Teammate publicly, but a launch would place the company in direct competition with AI coding platforms from Cursor, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
The company's CTO, Denis Yarats, has also encouraged engineers to rely more heavily on AI for software development, reportedly predicting that developers would soon spend far less time reading code directly. He also argued that AI-generated code is acceptable as long as it passes quality checks.
A Perplexity spokesperson declined to comment on the project.