Paypal And Venmo Users Get Free Year Of Perplexity Pro And Comet Ai Browser

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Some PayPal and Venmo users tin now entree Comet for free.
• The connection includes a one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro.
• Comet is Perplexity's caller AI-centric web browser.

PayPal and Venmo users successful nan US and different world markets tin now person early entree to Perplexity's highly anticipated Comet web browser, PayPal announced. The connection includes a 12-month free proceedings of Perplexity Pro, which usually has an yearly subscription costs of $200.

Launched past month, Comet has been positioned by Perplexity arsenic a much dynamic, intuitive, and agentic alternative to competitors for illustration Chrome and Safari. The browser tin besides interact straight pinch your individual email, calendar, notes, aliases different online assets, provided you assistance Perplexity entree to position those files. 

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Comet was initially released to subscribers of Perplexity Max, nan company's $200-a-month premium service, and besides to a mini group of early users who had signed up via a waitlist. PayPal's caller connection gives customers nan chance to skip nan waitlist and acquisition 1 twelvemonth of Comet via Perplexity Pro free of charge.

Credit: PayPal

The business could alteration Perplexity to dispersed nan connection astir its caller browser by putting it successful nan hands of millions of PayPal and Venmo users crossed nan US and elsewhere. Like astir free trials, nan thought is that nan instrumentality will go truthful embedded into galore users' regular lives that erstwhile nan one-year play is up, a important number will opt to salary to proceed utilizing Perplexity Pro.

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"The Comet browser is for illustration a individual shopper and individual adjunct each successful one, truthful we're excited that PayPal users will person early entree to Comet," Ryan Foutty, Perplexity's VP of business, said successful a statement. "In conjunction pinch Perplexity Pro, we're arming PayPal and Venmo customers pinch powerful, meticulous AI that's useful passim their regular lives."

PayPal bought Venmo successful 2013 arsenic portion of its $800 cardinal acquisition of Braintree, nan second platform's genitor company.

Perplexity Pro tin now beryllium accessed straight via PayPal's caller subscriptions hub, an in-app characteristic that allows users to way and negociate their subscriptions to various apps. These apps are organized into categories for illustration entertainment, music, and news. The hub is presently disposable to US users and will beryllium launched globally connected September 22.

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PayPal and Venmo users successful nan US tin motion up now for their free 12-month proceedings of Perplexity Pro done nan respective apps. Users successful Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, and Spain tin entree nan free proceedings here.