Perplexity Search API adds Fast Search

Perplexity @perplexity_aiOriginally posted 2026.09.25

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Introducing Fast Search in the Perplexity Search API. Fast Search runs on Photon, our new Rust-based retrieval and ranking service that we built with a small team of engineers and hundreds of agents. It returns 95% of search results in 230 ms or less. https://t.co/aZj6Nc746m