US EditionPerplexity Lets You Instantly Buy with PayPal in a Chat Now - and Get up to $50 Back
Perplexity's AI assistant helps users explore and refine shopping choices with remembered preferences and enables direct purchases via PayPal's Instant Buy.
- Tuesday, Perplexity and PayPal launched an in-chat instant buy feature that lets US users complete purchases on desktop and web as part of a holiday shopping push.
- Amid competition with OpenAI and Google, Perplexity says it built the tool to offer a more exploratory, preference-aware shopping experience and criticized search bars for lacking exploration.
- Users type a request and the assistant refines results with follow-ups, showing product cards with specs and reviews, while referencing past chats like the ferry commute to San Francisco example to tailor suggestions from merchants that support PayPal.
- Only five brands are live at launch, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Ashley Furniture, and Fabletics, and Perplexity says merchants that offer PayPal retain control over returns and customer loyalty.
- Coming weeks will bring mobile apps for iOS and Android, expanding Perplexity's AI shopping assistant beyond desktop as it aims for an end-to-end shopping flow competing with OpenAI and Google.
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Perplexity says its AI personal shopper ‘puts you first’
Perplexity is ramping up its AI shopping experience going into the holiday season, just like OpenAI and Google, with a free AI-powered shopping feature that is available now to US users. Its AI assistant looks similar to what we’ve seen from ChatGPT’s shopping research, as users type in what they’re looking for and refine the results with follow-up questions. The recommended products show up as cards with specs and reviews, and users can buy pro…
Comme ChatGPT, Perplexity veut vous assister dans votre shopping
Perplexity se lance dans le shopping en ligne. L’IA propose désormais des recommandations de produits sur mesure. Grâce à un partenariat avec PayPal, les utilisateurs peuvent ensuite payer leurs achats en quelques clics, sans quitter la conversation.
Perplexity Launches AI Shopping Tool After Google and OpenAI as Holiday Season Shopping War Intensifies
Perplexity AI has released a new shopping assistant that lets users search for products, refine results and complete purchases within the same chat interface. The system uses natural-language prompts, remembers past conversations, and integrates PayPal for checkout. The feature is currently available to US users on the desktop and web interfaces.
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