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Feb 27, 2026 · 37m · startup-ideas

What is Perplexity Computer?

Greg Isenberg · 32m spoken
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Host Greg Isenberg conducts a live review of Perplexity Computer to evaluate how founders can leverage its autonomous multi-agent workflows for sales outreach, competitive intelligence, investor diligence, and financial analysis. Through hands-on testing, he assesses the platform's productivity potential and its role in powering lean, one-person enterprises.

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Every chapter scored 0–10 on four independent dynamics. Hover any point for the reasoning behind the score. Greg holds 100% of the talking time here. How this is scored →

Greg as informed peer 6.5 Guest teaching 0.0 Guest disagreement 0.0 Greg pushing back 0.0
05100:0010:0020:0030:002:43–15:40 · Greg as informed peer 7/10 Testing Automated Warm Outbound and Sponsorship Pitching Greg tests automated cold outreach workflows using Perplexity Computer. He demonstrates his domain expertise in podcast sponsorships by recognizing that pitching CEOs directly is ineffective and refining the prompt to target heads of brand marketing partnerships.15:40–25:13 · Greg as informed peer 6/10 Building a Daily Automated Competitive Intelligence Agent Greg tests competitive intelligence workflows, evaluating how well the agent extracts competitor data from podcasts like My First Million and 20VC while drawing strategic comparisons to platforms like Manus and Lindy AI.25:13–31:46 · Greg as informed peer 6/10 Generating Structured Investor Pipeline Spreadsheets Greg walks through building an investor pipeline spreadsheet for a Series A startup, explaining the mechanics of how human founders evaluate sector-specific venture capital firms versus automated parallel research.31:46–36:06 · Greg as informed peer 7/10 Shopify Financial Due Diligence and Additional Agent Workflows Greg reviews the financial due diligence memo workflow on Shopify, synthesizing agent capabilities with startup building strategies and reflecting on his background building multiple tech companies.2:43–15:40 · Guest teaching 0/10 Testing Automated Warm Outbound and Sponsorship Pitching Greg tests automated cold outreach workflows using Perplexity Computer. He demonstrates his domain expertise in podcast sponsorships by recognizing that pitching CEOs directly is ineffective and refining the prompt to target heads of brand marketing partnerships.15:40–25:13 · Guest teaching 0/10 Building a Daily Automated Competitive Intelligence Agent Greg tests competitive intelligence workflows, evaluating how well the agent extracts competitor data from podcasts like My First Million and 20VC while drawing strategic comparisons to platforms like Manus and Lindy AI.25:13–31:46 · Guest teaching 0/10 Generating Structured Investor Pipeline Spreadsheets Greg walks through building an investor pipeline spreadsheet for a Series A startup, explaining the mechanics of how human founders evaluate sector-specific venture capital firms versus automated parallel research.31:46–36:06 · Guest teaching 0/10 Shopify Financial Due Diligence and Additional Agent Workflows Greg reviews the financial due diligence memo workflow on Shopify, synthesizing agent capabilities with startup building strategies and reflecting on his background building multiple tech companies.2:43–15:40 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Testing Automated Warm Outbound and Sponsorship Pitching Greg tests automated cold outreach workflows using Perplexity Computer. He demonstrates his domain expertise in podcast sponsorships by recognizing that pitching CEOs directly is ineffective and refining the prompt to target heads of brand marketing partnerships.15:40–25:13 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Building a Daily Automated Competitive Intelligence Agent Greg tests competitive intelligence workflows, evaluating how well the agent extracts competitor data from podcasts like My First Million and 20VC while drawing strategic comparisons to platforms like Manus and Lindy AI.25:13–31:46 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Generating Structured Investor Pipeline Spreadsheets Greg walks through building an investor pipeline spreadsheet for a Series A startup, explaining the mechanics of how human founders evaluate sector-specific venture capital firms versus automated parallel research.31:46–36:06 · Guest disagreement 0/10 Shopify Financial Due Diligence and Additional Agent Workflows Greg reviews the financial due diligence memo workflow on Shopify, synthesizing agent capabilities with startup building strategies and reflecting on his background building multiple tech companies.2:43–15:40 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Testing Automated Warm Outbound and Sponsorship Pitching Greg tests automated cold outreach workflows using Perplexity Computer. He demonstrates his domain expertise in podcast sponsorships by recognizing that pitching CEOs directly is ineffective and refining the prompt to target heads of brand marketing partnerships.15:40–25:13 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Building a Daily Automated Competitive Intelligence Agent Greg tests competitive intelligence workflows, evaluating how well the agent extracts competitor data from podcasts like My First Million and 20VC while drawing strategic comparisons to platforms like Manus and Lindy AI.25:13–31:46 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Generating Structured Investor Pipeline Spreadsheets Greg walks through building an investor pipeline spreadsheet for a Series A startup, explaining the mechanics of how human founders evaluate sector-specific venture capital firms versus automated parallel research.31:46–36:06 · Greg pushing back 0/10 Shopify Financial Due Diligence and Additional Agent Workflows Greg reviews the financial due diligence memo workflow on Shopify, synthesizing agent capabilities with startup building strategies and reflecting on his background building multiple tech companies.

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Sharpest disagreement ▶ 12:16 Collaborative producer reaction

In this solo software walkthrough episode, there is zero guest combativeness; the only guest contribution is an appreciative interjection of awe.

 Hardest push from Greg ▶ 9:35 Host corrects AI outreach strategy

Greg rejects the AI tool's default prompt strategy of emailing busy CEOs, challenging it to locate actual marketing and brand sponsorship decision makers instead.

 Biggest teaching moment ▶ 10:15 AI tool suggests competitor sponsorship monitoring

The AI agent educates Greg on an overlooked monetization strategy by recommending recurring automated monitors on competitors' podcasts to capture active sponsors.

 Greg holds their own ▶ 35:15 Host recaps entrepreneurial track record

Greg outlines his operational expertise as a founder of three acquired startups and advisor to major platforms like Reddit and TikTok when contextualizing agentic software workflows.
the scores for every segment, with the reasoning behind each
ChapterTopicGreg as informed peerGuest teachingGuest disagreementGreg pushing backWhy
Testing Automated Warm Outbound and Sponsorship Pitching 7000 Greg tests automated cold outreach workflows using Perplexity Computer. He demonstrates his domain expertise in podcast sponsorships by recognizing that pitching CEOs directly is ineffective and refining the prompt to target heads of brand marketing partnerships.
Building a Daily Automated Competitive Intelligence Agent 6000 Greg tests competitive intelligence workflows, evaluating how well the agent extracts competitor data from podcasts like My First Million and 20VC while drawing strategic comparisons to platforms like Manus and Lindy AI.
Generating Structured Investor Pipeline Spreadsheets 6000 Greg walks through building an investor pipeline spreadsheet for a Series A startup, explaining the mechanics of how human founders evaluate sector-specific venture capital firms versus automated parallel research.
Shopify Financial Due Diligence and Additional Agent Workflows 7000 Greg reviews the financial due diligence memo workflow on Shopify, synthesizing agent capabilities with startup building strategies and reflecting on his background building multiple tech companies.

Statements from this episode (4)

Assertion Supported
Isenberg: Perplexity Computer requires $200/month Max plan
“As of now you need to be on the max plan to get it going. That's 200 dollars a month.”
Greg Isenberg Feb 27, 2026 ▶ 1:25
Opinion
Isenberg: Autonomous AI outreach workflows replace an email marketer's entire job
“This is literally a marketing, email marketing person's old job. Point blank.”
Greg Isenberg Feb 27, 2026 ▶ 14:55
Opinion
Isenberg: Manus is underrated as an AI platform
“Manus is a really good job at that. And I actually think Manus is just like underrated as a platform.”
Greg Isenberg Feb 27, 2026 ▶ 20:04
Assertion Supported
Isenberg: Perplexity Computer automatically loads previous Perplexity search context
“It looks at your old searches on perplexity. And even though I've never used perplexity computer, it knows a little bit about me, which is interesting for people who use perplexity, that context will already be loaded.”
Greg Isenberg Feb 27, 2026 ▶ 33:15
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