Perplexity's Photon Slashes Search Latency by 12x for AI Agents

Perplexity's new Rust-based Photon engine powers a Fast Search API preset that cuts agent task costs 68% while returning results in 230ms at p95.

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2026-09-24 18:07 · AlphaSignal
Perplexity's Photon Slashes Search Latency by 12x for AI Agents

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