Perplexity brings its local agent to Windows on RTX PCs

The Windows release extends support beyond Linux RTX PCs and NVIDIA DGX Spark systems. It runs on GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs with 24GB or more of VRAM, rather than on Windows machines generally.

In NVIDIA’s announcement, Gerardo Delgado describes an agent that plans multistep jobs, analyses data and combines information across files. NVIDIA says work completed locally keeps sensitive information on the device and does not consume Perplexity Computer credits.

Local work, with a cloud option

The app sets up a local model, such as Qwen 3.8 27B, adapted for Perplexity Computer and optimised for RTX hardware. That removes some of the model selection and software configuration normally involved in running a local agent.

Connectors include Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Google Drive, Gmail, Slack and GitHub. NVIDIA describes jobs such as sorting open pull requests, tracing fees through financial documents and analysing where new users abandon a signup process. These are company-described capabilities, not independent test results.

Local operation is not an absolute boundary: the agent can identify tasks needing cloud support and ask permission before sending information off-device. DGX Station support remains planned.