TechPerplexity’s AI agents reportedly helped build a database they weren’t allowed to run
The New Stack reports that two engineers and hundreds of AI coding agents built CobbleDB, a custom Rust database replacing DynamoDB reads in Perplexity’s search stack.
TLDR
Perplexity used two engineers and hundreds of AI coding agents to build CobbleDB, The New Stack reports. The custom database, written in Rust, is replacing DynamoDB reads in Perplexity’s search stack. The agents helped build it but weren’t allowed to run it, the outlet says.
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Perplexity’s AI agents reportedly helped build a database they weren’t allowed to run
The New Stack reports that two engineers and hundreds of AI coding agents built CobbleDB, a custom Rust database replacing DynamoDB reads in Perplexity’s search stack.
TLDR
Perplexity used two engineers and hundreds of AI coding agents to build CobbleDB, The New Stack reports. The custom database, written in Rust, is replacing DynamoDB reads in Perplexity’s search stack. The agents helped build it but weren’t allowed to run it, the outlet says.