Published on: August 27, 2025 12:11 pm IST
Perplexity’s comet plus is an AI browser membership that pays publishers from agent actions for users’ tour, AI quotes and their content.
Perplexity has launched the Comat Plus, a groundbreaking subscription service designed to benefit publishers in the era of Artificial Intelligence. With this new offering, Perplexity becomes one of the first AI companies to introduce a revenue-sharing model for publishers whose content strengthens its ecosystem.
What is COMAT Plus?
The AI ​​browser of the comat plus perplexity is a subscription tier for users of the comate. For $ 5 per month, users will get access to premium content from a curated group of publishers and journalists. It is available free of cost to existing Perplexity Pro and Max members. Publisher payout calculation system in comet plus is unique; It not only pays for traditional clicks, but also pays as a value creation of compensation in the form of value creation for quotes by AI-based answers and also by AI agents.
Perplexity has performed an initial pool of $ 42.5 million to be distributed among the publishers participating in its program. Of all the revenue generated through comet plus membership, 80% will directly go to the publishers, while the remaining 20% ​​will cover the calculation and operating costs.
The model allocates payments based on three traffic types: the comet from the comet to the publishers’ websites, quotes in AI-reactions, and AI agent activities that take advantage of the content of the publishers to complete user tasks.
This initiative comes amid concerns from the publishers, as users are approaching artificial intelligence for response, revenue from traffic has been greatly affected. By presenting this transparent and direct revenue stream, the purpose of Perplexity is to address stress with material publishers.
“Only succeeds when journalism succeeds. We are actually committed to the construction and funding of more durable, rich news ecosystems for AI age,” Jessica Chan said, the lead of publicity publisher participation.
The launch of the Comat Plus is an important milestone of how AI companies and publishers can co -existence with mutual benefits. This ensures that high quality material continues as AI becomes an integral part of browsing, research and daily tasks.
