After OpenAI, Perplexity AI is joining the "deep research" bandwagon. And it's doing it in a fairly interesting way. Following in the footsteps of DeepSeek's "reasoning" model, Perplexity is the first major AI provider that's offering a Deep Research feature for free users,

Perplexity has become the latest AI company to release an in-depth research tool, with a new feature announced Friday. Google unveiled a similar feature

Perplexity AI has unveiled its latest feature, "Deep Research," designed to give users the tools they need to do extensive research in just minutes.

At launch, Perplexity’s Deep Research tool will be free for all logged-in web users. It will roll out to iOS, Android, and Mac. However, only Perplexity Pro subscribers will get unlimited queries. Others will have to contend with a limited number of answers per day, Perplexity said.

The AI search engine’s new tool “performs dozens of searches, reads hundreds of sources, and reasons through the material to autonomously deliver a comprehensive report.” It’s similar to the research tools offered by ChatGPT and Google Gemini,

Whether you're diving into finance, marketing, technology, or product research, Deep Research saves you time while providing expert-level insights.