Perplexity AI has launched Perplexity Labs, a new feature that allows users to turn plain text prompts into fully realized digital projects—ranging from data-populated spreadsheets and structured reports to simple web applications.
Highlights
- Perplexity Labs transforms simple text prompts into deliverables: Users can now generate spreadsheets, reports, and web apps from natural language instructions.
- Expands beyond Deep Research: Labs executes code, builds dashboards, and assembles documents—making it a task-oriented tool instead of just a research engine.
- Real-time data, coding, and visualization support: Includes web browsing, chart creation, document generation, and app deployment in one unified platform.
- Integrated with Google Sheets: Users can auto-populate spreadsheets based on AI-powered research and computations.
- All outputs stored in an Assets tab: Code files, images, documents, and web apps are automatically saved for easy access and sharing.
- Web app creation built-in: Interactive dashboards and mini-tools can be generated directly from prompts and accessed via the App tab.
- Autonomous, multi-step task execution: Perplexity Labs handles entire workflows from start to finish with minimal user input.
- Broad use cases include: Business reporting, campaign planning, financial modeling, education tools, and even personal projects like trip planning.
- Available now to Pro users: Broader availability details have yet to be announced, but interest from developers and creators is growing fast.
- Signals a shift from Q&A to AI collaboration: Labs positions Perplexity as not just a source of knowledge, but an active productivity assistant.
Expanding Beyond Deep Research
Perplexity Labs builds on the earlier Deep Research tool, which focused on delivering comprehensive answers to complex queries.
Labs goes several steps further by enabling the platform to write and execute code, generate documents, build dashboards, and create web content—all from a single prompt. The aim is to streamline multi-step tasks that traditionally required multiple tools and manual input.
How It Works
Perplexity Labs operates as a multi-tool system that integrates several functionalities:
- Web browsing for real-time data
- Code execution for calculations or programmatic logic
- Chart and image generation
- Document and file creation, with outputs organized in an Assets tab
- Web app development, viewable under a dedicated App tab
Complex tasks generally take about 10 minutes to complete. While Perplexity has not confirmed whether this system is built on a single large language model or a collection of specialized agents.
The platform demonstrates characteristics of agentic reasoning, including multi-step logic and self-directed task handling.
Features
Integration with Google Sheets
Perplexity Labs connects with Google Sheets, enabling users to automatically populate spreadsheets with data generated through AI research and analysis. This simplifies workflows for tasks like market research, budgeting, and data tracking.
Structured Asset Management
All outputs—such as images, code files, and documents—are automatically saved to the Assets tab, ensuring users can easily review, download, or share their materials without navigating multiple directories.
Web App Deployment
The platform can generate and deploy simple interactive web applications, including dashboards and slideshows, directly within a project. These are accessible via the App tab, eliminating the need for third-party development environments.
Autonomous Task Execution
Perplexity Labs handles multi-step workflows autonomously. Once a prompt is submitted, the system conducts research, executes logic, and assembles deliverables without requiring constant user intervention. It remains unclear, however, whether users can interrupt or adjust the process mid-task.
Use Cases
Labs supports a wide range of professional and personal applications, such as:
- Financial modeling and business reporting
- Marketing campaign planning
- Interactive educational content creation
- Personal organization, including trip planning or meal scheduling
From Research to Execution
While Deep Research remains the fastest way to obtain detailed answers to complex questions, Perplexity Labs is positioned for more comprehensive deliverables.
By allowing longer task durations and incorporating additional creation tools, it expands what users can accomplish within the same AI environment.
Availability
Perplexity Labs is currently available to Pro users. The company has not provided specific details about wider access or future expansions.
It may not yet answer every technical question about its backend, but the range of use cases it currently supports highlights its potential in the evolving productivity ecosystem.
