Perplexity Computer for growing businesses

Perplexity has announced the Main Street AI Accelerator, a $25 million Computer credits program coordinated with Small Business Development Centers of the U.S. Small Business Administration, aimed at helping up to 100,000 eligible growing businesses access $250 in credits. The initiative reflects the view that startups and traditional small businesses increasingly rely on similar digital tools and face common challenges in managing fragmented software and underused information. Perplexity’s Computer platform connects with more than 400 business applications, including QuickBooks, Mailchimp, Shopify, Stripe, Supabase, Vercel, Apollo, Canva, and Semrush, spanning operations such as business formation, product development, sales, marketing, and customer management. For specialized tools without direct integrations, Perplexity says its Comet agentic browser can log into cloud-based services, retrieve data, and complete tasks, positioning Computer and Comet together as an operational layer for businesses’ existing software.

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