Agent surface profile
Perplexity shopping and Comet
In short
Perplexity's answer-engine shopping with PayPal-powered Instant Buy (merchant stays MoR) and the Comet agentic browser, which won vacatur of Amazon's preliminary injunction at the Ninth Circuit on 4 Aug 2026. Announced but not yet live: Visa IC. Visa IC (announced): Visa named Perplexity as a Visa Intelligent Commerce AI partner at launch.
Fact sheet
- Type
- Agent surface
- Operator
- Perplexity AI
- Homepage
- perplexity.ai
- Matrix reach
- 0 live, 0 pilot, 1 announced, 0 not supported, 11 with no statement found
The column in full: every protocol
| Protocol | Status | Note | Source and read date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACP | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| UCP | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| AP2 | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| Visa TAP | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| Visa IC | announced | Visa named Perplexity as a Visa Intelligent Commerce AI partner at launch | usa.visa.com, 4 Nov 2026 |
| Mastercard Agent Pay | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| Agent Pay for Machines | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| Amex ACE | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| x402 | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| MPP | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| Link for agents | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| Verifiable Intent | no statement found | no statement found (2026-11-04) | perplexity.ai, 4 Nov 2026 |
| 0 live or pilot of 12 |
What Perplexity does not do
- Perplexity is not merchant of record for Instant Buy; the retailer is.
- No published statement found on ACP or UCP use for Perplexity checkout.
- The Ninth Circuit ruling addressed only the CFAA preliminary injunction; Amazon's contract claims remain in district court.
Sourced facts
- PayPal and Perplexity launched Instant Buy for US users, letting shoppers check out inside Perplexity chat with PayPal handling identity, protection and processing. newsroom.paypal-corp.com, read 4 Nov 2026.
- PayPal says the retailer stays merchant of record for Instant Buy purchases. newsroom.paypal-corp.com, read 4 Nov 2026.
- Instant Buy relies on PayPal's agentic commerce services: store sync for catalog discovery and agent ready for accepting payments with existing PayPal setups. newsroom.paypal-corp.com, read 4 Nov 2026.
- Comet is Perplexity's agentic browser for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android; its page shows shopping tasks such as buying an office chair. perplexity.ai, read 4 Nov 2026.
- Visa named Perplexity among AI partners for Visa Intelligent Commerce at launch. usa.visa.com, read 4 Nov 2026.
- A district court in March 2026 enjoined Comet's shopping agent from Amazon.com and ordered data destruction. mediapost.com, read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press
- The Ninth Circuit (No. 26-1444, opinion by Judge M. Smith) decided Amazon.com Services v. Perplexity AI on 4 Aug 2026. leagle.com, read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press
- The panel vacated the injunction, finding Amazon unlikely to win its CFAA claim because users, not Perplexity, access Amazon's systems. news.bloomberglaw.com, read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press
- On 10 Sep 2026 the Ninth Circuit left the panel ruling in place; no judge requested an en banc vote. mediapost.com, read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press
In the vendors section
- Perplexity (shopping and Comet), agent surface profile
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Sources
- Comet browser, read 4 Nov 2026
- PayPal and Perplexity Launch Instant Buy, read 4 Nov 2026
- Find and Buy with AI: Visa Unveils New Era of Commerce, read 4 Nov 2026
- Judge Bans Perplexity Shopping Agent From Amazon, read 4 Nov 2026
- Amazon.com Services v. Perplexity AI, No. 26-1444, read 4 Nov 2026
- Perplexity Overturns Amazon Ban on AI Shopping Bot on Appeal, read 4 Nov 2026
- Appeals Court Again Rejects Amazon Bid To Block Perplexity, read 4 Nov 2026
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