Portable Computer comes to AMD-powered agentic PCs

Perplexity has expanded its Portable Computer local AI platform to Windows systems using AMD Ryzen AI Max Series processors and the Ryzen AI Halo developer platform, enabling Pro and Max subscribers to run models such as PPLX 27B and Qwen 27B directly on their own hardware without consuming Computer credits for local inference. Portable combines a local model with an agent harness, scheduler, sandbox, sensitive-content classifier, and integrations for local files, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, GitHub, and supported locally installed applications through MCP servers. It supports one-time and recurring workflows, including invoice reconciliation, email briefings, contract reviews, and pull-request monitoring, while allowing users to selectively invoke cloud search and frontier models for current information or advanced reasoning. Local processing is constrained by user-defined folder and app permissions, isolated sandboxing, and an on-device classifier that flags sensitive data before cloud transfer, with organizational administrators able to manage local inference access. The feature requires Windows 10 or 11, a supported AMD system with at least 24 GB of GPU-accessible memory, roughly 20 GB of available storage, and setup through the Perplexity Windows app.

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