Perplexity's SPACE Sandbox for AI Agents
A runtime platform for running agents safely in production
@perplexity_aiTL;DR:
- SPACE is the isolated environment layer for Perplexity Computer.
- It's been handling all production traffic since June.
- The focus is on secure code execution and persistent agent state.
Perplexity's New Sandbox
Perplexity introduced SPACE, a secure sandbox runtime for long-running agent sessions in Perplexity Computer.
SPACE is the infrastructure behind Perplexity Computer. It spins up isolated spots for code execution, file handling, and keeping AI agent workflows running. The company says it's been powering all production traffic since June, so this is already live at scale.
This solves a real pain point for agentic AI: letting agents run code and hold state over time without breaking security. Perplexity is putting runtime isolation front and center, not just model smarts or the interface. It fits the industry move toward AI that can actually use a computer in a controlled way. If it holds up, SPACE could give Perplexity an edge against agent tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and the infrastructure startups.
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