Moore: Perplexity Comet browser launch traffic surpassed ChatGPT Atlas
Olivia Moore · Where does consumer AI stand at the end of 2025? · Dec 29, 2025 · at 11:02
Olivia Moore, a consumer AI partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), discusses usage metrics comparing Perplexity's Comet browser launch with OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser launch.
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“If you look at the data, like the spike at launch and the sustained traffic for Comet was actually much higher than for ChatGBT's own browser launch, Atlas, which is kind of crazy given how much more distribution ChatGBT has than Perplexity.”
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