Perplexity has introduced Computer for Counsel, a new product aimed at helping lawyers handle research, document review and other routine legal tasks more efficiently. The company says the system is designed to connect the tools legal teams already use with its Computer platform, allowing attorneys to keep working in familiar environments while AI handles repetitive work.
The launch reflects a broader push to position AI as a practical assistant for professional services, especially in fields where time spent on administrative work can reduce the time available for analysis and strategy. Perplexity said the product is intended to take on work such as gathering documents, triaging contracts and supporting legal research, so lawyers can focus on judgment-based tasks.
According to Perplexity, Computer for Counsel is able to reason over the open web as well as premium legal and business sources. The company highlighted integrations with Midpage, Deel and LegalZoom, along with a set of enterprise software connectors that can pull context from places such as Microsoft 365, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and other workplace tools.
The company said Midpage is available with unlimited access through Computer, while Deel and LegalZoom have more limited availability. Perplexity also said it plans to add more sources over time. When the system produces an answer from linked materials, it returns citations back to the source so lawyers can verify information before using it in a brief, memo or client communication.
Perplexity is also using its broader AI stack to power the product. It said Computer for Counsel draws on more than 20 frontier AI models and automatically selects the model it thinks is best suited for the task, whether the job involves research, reasoning or contract-related work.
The company is pitching the tool as a way to work inside the systems law firms and legal departments already depend on. Perplexity said Computer can draft documents in Microsoft Word, retrieve files from SharePoint and reference context from Outlook or Microsoft Teams. Through app connectors, it can also access documents and records stored in services such as Box, Carta, Docusign, DeepJudge, NetDocuments and other platforms.
Perplexity gave examples of how legal teams might use the product. Those include reviewing third-party nondisclosure agreements for potential issues, filling in entity and signatory details, routing documents for approval and signature, and compiling dashboards that track state privacy or adtech laws. It also pointed to case research workflows, including work on the enforceability of non-compete agreements after the Federal Trade Commission’s 2024 ban.
Perplexity emphasized that the attorney remains responsible for final judgment and strategy. The company said Computer for Counsel is meant to handle work lawyers should not need to do manually, rather than replace professional decision-making.
The company also addressed security concerns, saying Perplexity Enterprise does not train on company data and that internal documents accessed through app connectors remain under the firm’s control.
Computer for Counsel is available now to Perplexity Enterprise and Max subscribers. The launch adds a legal-specific layer to Perplexity’s broader Computer product, which the company has been expanding across professional workflows.