Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said the startup's Computer, an AI system that acts as a digital worker to execute multi-step tasks, was first built as a Slack integration. It performed the equivalent of 3.25 years of work and saved the firm $1.6 million (around ₹14 crore) in four weeks, according to estimates, he stated. "Computer makes everyone...an engineer," he added.