Perplexity Launches Comet Plus, Shares Revenue With Publishers

Perplexity announced Comet Plus, a monthly subscription that pays participating publishers when people read their work and when AI systems use it to answer questions.

The company says subscriber payments go to partners, with a small portion retained to cover compute costs.

How Comet Plus Works

Comet Plus will be available for $5 per month. Existing Perplexity Pro and Max subscribers will have Comet Plus included.

Subscribers get direct access to participating publisher sites, answers informed by those sources, and agent workflows that can complete…