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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas believes his company’s AI browser, Comet, is about to take on two of the most common roles in modern workplaces: recruiters and administrative assistants.

In a recent episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Srinivas explained how Comet’s built-in AI agent can plug into everyday tools like Gmail, LinkedIn, and Google Calendar to radically streamline office work.

“A recruiter’s work worth one week is just one prompt: sourcing and reach-outs,” he said on the episode that took place on Thursday.

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Currently available in invite-only beta for premium users, Comet is designed to automate the kind of tasks typically handled by recruiting teams. It can generate candidate shortlists, extract contact details, and send out personalised outreach emails—all without human input.

Srinivas also described examples where the AI could identify Stanford graduates who had worked at Anthropic, organise their data in Google Sheets, and prepare tailored cold emails for each one.

But Comet’s capabilities extend beyond hiring.

According to Srinivas, the browser is also equipped to handle tasks usually managed by executive assistants, such as managing emails, syncing calendars, and prepping for meetings.

The AI can “keep following up, keep track of responses, update Google Sheets, mark status as responded or in progress, sync with Google Calendar, and resolve conflicts to schedule meetings,” he said.

His broader vision is to turn Comet into an AI operating system—one that continuously runs tasks in the background and follows natural language instructions with ease. He believes business users will gladly pay for that level of automation.

Srinivas suggested people might spend “$2,000 for a prompt” if it helps generate significant business value.

While views differ on how AI will affect employment, Srinivas is among those predicting deep disruption. He also cautioned that “people who are at the frontier of using AI are going to be way more employable than people who are not.”

Other tech leaders share that view. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said AI could replace half of all entry-level roles within five years. Ford’s CEO Jim Farley echoed that concern, warning that AI could “replace literally half of all white-collar workers.”

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Still, not everyone is convinced it will go that far. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang have positioned AI more as a productivity boost than a threat to jobs.

For now, Perplexity is betting that tools like Comet will make certain job functions faster, cheaper, and fully automated—one prompt at a time.

(With Inputs From Online Media Sources)