Perplexity, an AI‑focused startup, announced that it will employ Nvidia’s newly introduced Vera central processing units for its AI‑agent workloads. The move reflects Nvidia’s broader strategy to expand its product portfolio beyond specialised AI chips into more generic computing solutions, a shift underscored by the company’s expectation of $20 billion in Vera CPU sales by the end of the current fiscal year. Historically, the CPU market has been dominated by Intel and AMD, which supply processors for a wide range of devices from laptops to web servers; however, the emergence of AI agents—software that can continuously execute complex tasks without human‑initiated breaks—has created new performance demands. Nate Kupp, Perplexity’s Vice President for Computer Enterprise and Infrastructure, stated that Nvidia’s Vera CPUs execute AI‑agent coding tasks approximately 1.5 times faster than traditional CPUs. While Perplexity did not disclose the quantity of Vera CPUs it intends to purchase, Nvidia has previously confirmed that other prominent AI and enterprise players, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Oracle, will also adopt its CPUs. The article was generated with AI assistance and reviewed by an editor, with further details available in Reuters’ terms and conditions.