Jeff Grimes(@jeffgrimes9):I used the new wide-research preset in the Perplexity API to check the most recent earnings call for every company in the S&P 500 for mentions of "AI agents", and pull the corresponding YoY revenue growth for each. The agent pulled historical financials and earnings call transcripts for 500 companies, with every output row cited. Computer outputted the results to a dashboard, and deployed it publicly. Results: 66 companies mentioned AI agents, with median YoY growth +12.7% for that cohort, compared to +8.1% for the rest. Good example of how the Perplexity API's wide-research preset can tackle an in-depth task for an n=500 use case.

2026.07.15 02:01

I used the new wide-research preset in the Perplexity API to check the most recent earnings call for every company in the S&P 500 for mentions of "AI agents", and pull the corresponding YoY revenue growth for each. The agent pulled historical financials and earnings call transcripts for 500 companies, with every output row cited. Computer outputted the results to a dashboard, and deployed it publicly. Results: 66 companies mentioned AI agents, with median YoY growth +12.7% for that cohort, compared to +8.1% for the rest. Good example of how the Perplexity API's wide-research preset can tackle an in-depth task for an n=500 use case.