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Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that delivers real-time, source-cited responses by combining advanced language models with live web search. Key features include Deep Research for comprehensive reports, Copilot for guided exploration, Perplexity Labs for interactive reports, data analysis, code execution, and visualizations (since May 2025), Comet Browser, specialized focus modes (Academic, News, YouTube, Web, Pro-Search, Reasoning), multimodal processing (text, images, videos, documents, file uploads), collaborative Spaces, Shopping Hub, Finance tools, and integrated browser. Accessible via web and mobile apps with free and Pro/Enterprise plans.

Cursor is an AI-first code editor and IDE, forked from VS Code, with deeply integrated AI for intelligent code generation, refactoring, debugging, context-aware codebase chat, advanced tab autocomplete with multi-line predictions, Composer mode for multi-file edits, Agent mode with planning and PR workflows, Plan Mode, Rules, Slash Commands, Browser control, Hooks, Background Agents, own Composer model, support for models like GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini, xAI, image support, web search, customizable rules, full codebase understanding, real-time suggestions, AI Code Review, Instant Grep, and visual DOM editing—maximizing developer productivity.

Google Cloud AI is the integrated AI portfolio on Google Cloud that brings together Gemini models, Vertex AI, AI infrastructure, and AI-powered applications. It offers access to Google’s latest Gemini family and other proprietary, third‑party, and open‑source models via Vertex AI, tools like Vertex AI Studio and Agent Builder for building agents and apps, Model Garden and extensions for real‑time data and actions, enterprise‑grade MLOps, security and governance, and high‑performance GPU, TPU, and custom AI chips to run multimodal AI (text, image, video, audio, code) at scale across the cloud.