Announcing Comet Plus Launch Partners

Today, we’re proud to unveil the initial launch partners for Comet Plus. Comet Plus is the new business model designed by Perplexity to deliver premium journalism to a more curious, empowered internet and ensure publishers benefit from the new demands of the AI age.

What is Comet Plus?

Comet Plus is our answer to the critical question: What does a better internet look like in the age of AI? Comet Plus is a $5 standalone subscription (included at no additional cost with Perplexity Pro and Max) that gives users and their AI assistants direct access to high-quality journalism and answers supported by trusted and accurate reporting. Participating publishers are compensated according to each of the three ways their participating content is valuable in the age of AI.  (Read all the details about Comet Plus and the new model we announced for publisher compensation.)

Publishers are at the center of our vision for a better internet.

The web was created for questions and curiosity, but somewhere along the way, users were funneled into clickbait, misinformation, and low-quality content optimized for an era of clicks and traffic.

At Perplexity, we believe in a better internet. That’s why we built Comet. The internet is already better on Comet, but a truly better internet must also reward accurate, well-written news that fuels more accurate AI answers and builds the trust that readers place in their AI assistants.

Our vision with Comet and Comet Plus is to create the business model that enables this: Publishers participating in Comet Plus are compensated according to human and AI-driven interactions with their participating content, shifting away from the "pageview at any cost" model that has undermined quality journalism for years.

Meet our Comet Plus launch partners.

We are honored to launch Comet Plus with some of the world’s best-known, most respected sources of news and culture:

CNN

Conde Nast, publishers of The New Yorker, Wired, Architectural Digest, Allure, Ars Technica, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, Epicurious, GQ, Glamour, Pitchfork, Self, Teen Vogue, them, Vanity Fair, and Vogue.

Fortune

Le Figaro

Le Monde

The Los Angeles Times

The Washington Post

The participation of these leading publishers means Comet Plus users get immediate, frictionless access to premium stories that matter, from global headlines to in-depth analysis and exceptional cultural writing all directly on the web as part of the Comet browsing experience.

The agentic internet is for people

A better internet starts with Comet. With Comet Plus, a better internet includes the expertise and perspective of top journalists and publishers. 

Most importantly, Comet Plus makes the internet better by ensuring great publishers and journalists benefit from the new forms of usage people demand in the age of AI. At the same time, Comet Plus is specifically designed to allow publishers to own the direct relationship with their audience.

We’re building an ecosystem that rewards trust, accuracy, and curiosity, so everyone can confidently ask bigger, better questions, and get the best answers that move them forward.

We’re grateful to our launch partners for believing in this vision. Together, we are supporting the world’s curiosity.