Perplexity Launches Comet Plus + Customer Loops Flow

Perplexity Pitches $42.5M Revenue-Share Plan to Publishers

Perplexity unveiled a new subscription and payout system designed to pay media outlets directly when their work shows up in AI search, tasks, or Comet browser traffic.

The $5 Comet Plus subscription bundles into higher Perplexity tiers, with 80% of revenue going to publishers and the rest covering infrastructure costs.

WHAT’S NEW:

💵 $42.5M Fund Allocated
Perplexity earmarked tens of millions for distribution across its publisher network, one of the largest AI-era payouts to date.

📰 Multi-Channel Earnings
Payments trigger when publisher content drives Comet browser clicks, appears in AI search results, or feeds into agent task completions.

📲 Comet Plus Subscription
Users can pay $5/month for Comet Plus, while Pro and Max subscribers get it automatically folded into their existing plans.

⚖️ Legal Pressures Rising
The move follows lawsuits from News Corp’s Dow Jones and cease-and-desist orders from Forbes and Condé Nast, among others.

🎙️ Srinivas Frames It as Apple News+
CEO Aravind Srinivas called Comet Plus “the equivalent of Apple News+ for AIs and humans to consume internet content.”

WHY IT COUNTS:

• Acknowledges that AI-driven clicks now matter as much as human traffic

• Creates one of the first structured payment models between AI platforms and publishers

• Bundled subscriptions may boost user adoption without extra cost at higher tiers

• But a $5 split across many outlets could dilute actual payouts

• Sets precedent as lawsuits escalate and AI platforms face pressure to compensate content owners

What This Means for Us Entrepreneurs

Perplexity’s new revenue-sharing program signals a turning point in how AI platforms will treat content.

Until now, creators and small media operators have had little leverage in the face of AI systems that summarize or remix their work without clear credit.

By allocating $42.5M to publishers and tying payments to actual AI-driven traffic, Perplexity is acknowledging a reality we can’t ignore: discovery is no longer just happening through Google search or social feeds—it’s increasingly routed through AI agents. 

That means if you’re producing content, there’s now a direct path, however small, to being compensated when your work flows through those systems.

For smaller players, the economics may feel slim.

A $5 subscription split across hundreds or thousands of outlets won’t replace traditional ad or subscription revenue.

But it does introduce a framework, and frameworks tend to grow. Think of it as the opening draft of an “AI-era affiliate program” for knowledge.

If you’re building media, publishing, or even niche blogs around your business, your work could one day earn incremental income from AI referrals.

More importantly, this model pushes the industry toward recognizing content as an asset in agent-driven ecosystems—an early signal that the next revenue streams won’t just be human clicks, but AI ones too.

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