Perplexity AI unveils hybrid local-cloud inference system at Computex 2026

VentureBeatby [email protected] (Michael Nuñez)June 2, 2026tech

Perplexity AI , the fast-growing search startup now valued at $20 billion , unveiled what it calls the first hybrid local-server inference orchestrator at Computex 2026 on Monday night, demonstrating software that autonomously decides — in real time and mid-task — which AI workloads stay on a user's device and which get routed to frontier models in the cloud. CEO Aravind Srinivas demonstrated the system onstage alongside Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan during Intel's keynote address, using Perplexity's " P

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Perplexity AI unveils hybrid local-cloud inference system at Computex 2026

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