Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has outlined the company’s vision for AI operating systems that can coordinate multiple artificial intelligence models, tools and files while balancing privacy, cost and performance.
Speaking during Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s keynote session at COMPUTEX 2026 on Tuesday, Srinivas described Perplexity Computer, launched earlier this year, as a system that can use up to 20 AI models and orchestrate tasks across different tools and files.
“It creates a team of agents, uses up to 20 different AI models, and it orchestrates across models, tools and files in one single system,” Srinivas said at the event organised by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council.
He said the system’s “agent harness” is designed to coordinate different AI models while balancing intelligence, accuracy privacy and cost through what he described as hybrid agentic inference. “This allows you to run smaller models locally,” he said.
His remarks highlighted a growing focus within the AI industry on running some AI functions on personal devices while continuing to use data centres for more compute-intensive tasks. “What we are showing today is just the start”, the tech CEO said, adding that the future would involve more computing power in both data centres and local machines.
Describing the technology as a milestone for engineering on both the AI and chip sides, Srinivas thanked Intel for its partnership. “It’s been really fun to partner with you and Intel on this,” he said.
Earlier in the keynote, Tan said AI was reshaping how people use computing devices and highlighted on-device AI as a key area of focus. “AI is profoundly impacting the way we use our devices. A major focus area for us is the use of AI on devices. Together with partners, we are at the forefront of advancing intelligence,” Tan said.
Intel CEO unveils AI innovations, partnerships
Intel unveiled new AI-focused technologies, strategic collaborations and next-generation processors at a mega technology trade event in Taipei with CEO Lip-Bu Tan joined on stage by industry partners.
“We are proud to join all our partners in building great products that will delight customers and bring the power of AI to more people as we create a brighter future together,” Tan said on Tuesday at COMPUTEX 2026.
The announcements spanned AI infrastructure, enterprise computing and next-generation processors. They highlight Intel’s efforts to strengthen its presence across the AI technology stack, spanning processors, cloud infrastructure, enterprise AI systems and industry-specific applications.
One of the key announcements was a Rack Scale AI infrastructure platform combining Intel Xeon processors with SambaNova's reconfigurable dataflow units. Intel said the platform is designed to deliver high-performance AI inference while improving cost and power efficiency.
Rackscale AI refers to an approach in which multiple servers and AI chips are integrated and managed as a single system, enabling large-scale AI workloads while using advanced cooling and high-speed data connections to improve performance and efficiency.
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