Turn Ideas into Action with AI-Powered Project Tools
Perplexity AI has launched a powerful new feature called Perplexity Labs, aimed at transforming user ideas into actionable outcomes. While Perplexity Search answered questions and Deep Research (now called Research) delivered in-depth insights, Labs pushes boundaries by doing the actual work for you.
Now available to Pro subscribers, Perplexity Labs builds full-scale deliverables — from dashboards and spreadsheets to simple web apps. The Labs feature executes complex, multi-step tasks using deep web browsing, code execution, and file generation — all within 10 minutes.
From Queries to Deliverables, in Minutes
Unlike traditional AI tools that stop at text generation, Labs completes your entire project pipeline. For example, it can develop a momentum-based trading strategy using historical stock data and present it through an interactive dashboard. It can also generate visual storyboards for films or scripts based on genre-specific archetypes.
Business users can benefit too. Labs builds prospect databases with detailed company profiles tailored for automation and sales outreach. Meanwhile, for data analysts, Labs creates comparative visualizations that reveal trends and offer insights.
This is a major evolution. It takes Perplexity from an intelligent search companion to a full-fledged productivity platform.
How Labs Works: Mini Apps, Assets, and More
Each Lab creates structured outputs across formats. The new Assets tab stores all generated files—charts, code, spreadsheets — ready for download. Labs can also produce Mini Apps, which are interactive tools like web dashboards or slideshows, directly within your project workspace.
These features remove the need for external tools or manual coordination across teams. Labs performs tasks that would usually take days — within minutes.
Labs vs. Research: When to Use What
Perplexity has clarified when to choose between Research and Labs. Research, formerly Deep Research, remains ideal for fast, comprehensive answers to specific questions — typically within three to four minutes. On the other hand, Labs is for when you need to build something, requiring deeper time investment and broader tool use.
By renaming Deep Research to Research, the company is positioning Labs as the top-tier mode for project execution, sitting above Search and Research in the productivity stack.
A Glimpse into Real Use Cases
The Labs homepage outlines several examples:
- Finance: Build stock trading strategies using event and timing analysis.
- Creative: Create screenplay drafts and visual storyboards.
- Business: Automate lead generation with enriched contact profiles.
- Analysis: Visualize time-based trends with comparative data insights.
Each example shows how Labs transforms tasks traditionally done by multiple professionals into something a single user can launch and manage.
Labs: AI That Works for You
Perplexity Labs represents the AI assistant we’ve been promised for years — one that does the work, not just explains it. It blends automation, creativity, and productivity into a unified experience. Available now on the web and mobile (iOS and Android), it’s expected to roll out to Mac and Windows apps soon.
If Perplexity Search was your tireless researcher, Labs is now your project team — automated, intelligent, and fast.
