Perplexity released large-scale usage data indicating that AI agents are already being adopted by enterprise knowledge workers to carry out complex, multi-step workflows, especially in productivity and research domains.
Their analysis of hundreds of millions of interactions with Perplexity’s Comet browser and assistant reveals that agents aren’t limited to simple administrative automation but are tackling cognitive work such as synthesising information and executing tasks autonomously.
Adoption is strongest among digitally-intensive professions, where agents act as thinking partners, enhancing human capability rather than replacing it outright. The shift underscores the growing role of agentic AI in enterprise productivity and workflow automation.
