Perplexity SPACE: secure sandbox for long-running agents with 3.1x faster startup

What's new

• Isolated microVM: each session runs in a Firecracker VM (AWS open-source) — isolated from other agents and systems
• Pause / Resume / Branch: an agent can be stopped, resumed later, or branched into multiple directions
• Speed: median startup 185ms → 60ms (3.1x faster); P90 447ms → 89ms
• Sensitive data: passwords and API keys are not stored in the sandbox — remain in user control
• Scale: over 1.25 million sandbox launches and 11.9 million reconnects in the past week
• 19+ models: orchestrates Claude, Gemini, Grok, and others simultaneously

Why it matters

SPACE directly addresses two major blockers of enterprise agentic AI adoption: security isolation and reliability for long-running tasks. A practical step toward agents capable of running for hours unsupervised.

How to try it

Available via Perplexity Pro when launching a Computer agent.