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Perplexity Open-Sources SPACE, a Firecracker MicroVM Sandbox for AI Agents

Perplexity has open-sourced SPACE, the sandbox platform behind every task in Perplexity Computer. The Perplexity SPACE sandbox gives each agent task its own Firecracker microVM. Credentials and outbound traffic are controlled from outside that VM. The code ships under Apache 2.0 on GitHub. For team…

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  1. 2026-10-17 00:51 · r/machinelearningnews
    Perplexity open-sources SPACE, the Firecracker microVM sandbox behind Perplexity Computer (Apache 2.0, Rust)
  2. 2026-10-17 00:09 · MarkTechPost
    Perplexity Open-Sources SPACE, a Firecracker MicroVM Sandbox for AI Agents

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