AI search and assistant startup Perplexity is reportedly adopting Nvidia’s newly announced Vera central processing unit (CPU) for its agent workloads. Multiple outlets describe Vera as a general-purpose processor that Nvidia is positioning to expand beyond the AI accelerators that helped drive the company’s recent market prominence. Perplexity’s top executive is quoted as calling the Vera CPU a “dead-on fit,” with the expectation that it can materially improve performance for AI coding and agent-related tasks.
The reporting also frames Nvidia’s move as part of a broader push to grow its presence in the CPU market, not only the accelerator market. By attracting early adoption from high-profile AI firms like Perplexity, Nvidia seeks to demonstrate that Vera can support the kinds of workloads used for AI agents, including software development and related coding activities. Nvidia expects meaningful sales contributions from Vera during the current fiscal year, and the strategy is also described as diversifying Nvidia’s business as more AI companies develop custom chips for their specific needs.
