Perplexity Launches Hybrid Compute Feature That Routes Sensitive Data to Local AI Models

Perplexity launches Hybrid Compute, a groundbreaking AI agent feature that automatically detects sensitive data and routes it to local models on Apple silicon devices, while sending non-sensitive tasks to powerful cloud models, giving Enterprise, Pro, and Max users unprecedented privacy control.

• Perplexity launches Hybrid Compute, a new AI agent feature that automatically detects sensitive data and PII, routing those tasks to local models while sending non-sensitive tasks to cloud-based frontier models for maximum capability.
• The feature is now available to Perplexity Enterprise customers who opt in, as well as Pro and Max subscribers, running on Apple silicon devices with support for local models including Google's Gemma E4B and Alibaba's Qwen3.6 35B-A3B.
• Enterprises gain the ability to set organization-wide data sensitivity policies and monitor what data reaches the cloud, positioning Perplexity as a privacy-forward, model-agnostic AI orchestrator that competitors are expected to emulate within 12 to 18 months.