Perplexity Tests Internal AI Coding Assistant to Rival OpenAI and Cursor

Perplexity is quietly developing an internal AI coding tool called Teammate, in use by engineers since May to own projects, investigate issues, and monitor services. If released publicly, it would position Perplexity in the AI-coding race against Cursor, Anthropic, and OpenAI; the tool is model-agnostic and aimed at long-horizon software work like debugging and maintenance.