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Perplexity builds SPACE platform for 5x faster latency

Perplexity has developed its own platform called SPACE to manage its production traffic for its Computer product. This internal system has been handling 100% of the traffic since June, achieving a 5x improvement in tail latency compared to using third-party sandbox providers. SPACE is designed to create isolated environments for code, files, and agent sessions. AI

IMPACT Improved infrastructure efficiency for AI-powered products, potentially leading to faster user experiences.

RANK_REASON Internal infrastructure development for a specific product, not a general-purpose release.

Read on X — Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity) →

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Perplexity builds SPACE platform for 5x faster latency

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  1. X — Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity) TIER_1 English(EN) · AravSrinivas ·

    We’ve built our own sandbox lifecycle management platform SPACE to serve all production traffic of Perplexity Computer.

    We’ve built our own sandbox lifecycle management platform SPACE to serve all production traffic of Perplexity Computer. When we rolled out Computer in February, we ran it on one of the sandbox providers. Today, we serve 100% of the traffic on SPACE with 5x faster tail latency. h…