The AI Daily Brief · Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Perplexity has reportedly developed a coding agent called 'Teammate,' which has been in internal deployment since May. This agent is designed to manage software projects from inception to completion, handling tasks like project ownership, issue investigation, and service monitoring, positioning it as a competitor to tools like Claude Code and Codex.
“Business Insider reports that perplexity has quietly cooked up a coding agent to take on Claude Code and Codex.”
“The tool is named teammate and has been deployed internally since May.”
“An internal announcement viewed by business insiders said that teammate is designed to oversee software projects from start to finish, with the announcement saying it's built for long horizon engineering work, owning projects, investigating issues and monitoring services.”