--- title: "Perplexity: agent surface profile | Agent Ready Checkout" description: "Perplexity shopping and Comet: Perplexity's answer-engine shopping with PayPal-powered Instant Buy. Matrix status, facts and sources." canonical: https://agentreadycheckout.com/surfaces/perplexity-shopping site: "Agent Ready Checkout" last_updated: 2026-11-04 section: "Agent surfaces" --- # Perplexity: agent surface profile | Agent Ready Checkout > Perplexity shopping and Comet: Perplexity's answer-engine shopping with PayPal-powered Instant Buy. Matrix status, facts and sources. Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/surfaces/perplexity-shopping Site: Agent Ready Checkout Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 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](https://www.perplexity.ai/comet) 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](https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-11-PayPal-and-Perplexity-Launch-Instant-Buy), read 4 Nov 2026. - PayPal says the retailer stays merchant of record for Instant Buy purchases. [newsroom.paypal-corp.com](https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-11-PayPal-and-Perplexity-Launch-Instant-Buy), 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](https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-11-PayPal-and-Perplexity-Launch-Instant-Buy), 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](https://www.perplexity.ai/comet), read 4 Nov 2026. - Visa named Perplexity among AI partners for Visa Intelligent Commerce at launch. [usa.visa.com](https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.21361.html), read 4 Nov 2026. - A district court in March 2026 enjoined Comet's shopping agent from Amazon.com and ordered data destruction. [mediapost.com](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/413382/judge-bans-perplexitys-shopping-agent-from-access.html), 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](https://www.leagle.com/decision/infco20260804186), 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](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/perplexity-overturns-amazon-ban-on-ai-shopping-bot-on-appeal), 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](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/417793/appeals-court-again-rejects-amazon-bid-to-block-pe.html), read 4 Nov 2026.Trade press ## In the vendors section - [Perplexity (shopping and Comet)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors/perplexity), agent surface profile ## Compare and alternatives - [Perplexity vs ChatGPT](https://agentreadycheckout.com/compare/perplexity-shopping-vs-chatgpt-shopping) ## Sources 1. [Comet browser](https://www.perplexity.ai/comet), read 4 Nov 2026 2. [PayPal and Perplexity Launch Instant Buy](https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-11-PayPal-and-Perplexity-Launch-Instant-Buy), read 4 Nov 2026 3. [Find and Buy with AI: Visa Unveils New Era of Commerce](https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.21361.html), read 4 Nov 2026 4. [Judge Bans Perplexity Shopping Agent From Amazon](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/413382/judge-bans-perplexitys-shopping-agent-from-access.html), read 4 Nov 2026 5. [Amazon.com Services v. Perplexity AI, No. 26-1444](https://www.leagle.com/decision/infco20260804186), read 4 Nov 2026 6. [Perplexity Overturns Amazon Ban on AI Shopping Bot on Appeal](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/perplexity-overturns-amazon-ban-on-ai-shopping-bot-on-appeal), read 4 Nov 2026 7. [Appeals Court Again Rejects Amazon Bid To Block Perplexity](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/417793/appeals-court-again-rejects-amazon-bid-to-block-pe.html), read 4 Nov 2026 Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026 ## Edition Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026. Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [7 sources](#sources-h). ## Method [How cells, sources and read dates are defined](https://agentreadycheckout.com/method)