# Perplexity launches SPACE secure sandbox to let AI agents run safely at scale

> Perplexity has launched SPACE, an infrastructure layer that wraps each AI agent session inside its own isolated microVM using AWS's Firecracker technology. The pitch is that agents which browse, click, and run code need somewhere safe to do it, and SPACE gives every session a disposable sandbox with user-controlled encryption keys and no stored credentials. The engineering numbers are the story: microVMs boot in roughly 5 milliseconds, sandbox creation is 3 to 5 times faster than prior systems, and the platform can capture live memory and files for up to a week, enabling pause-and-resume workflows. Perplexity says it now handles about 1.25 million sandboxes a week, and that 100 percent of its Computer sessions run on SPACE. As agents move from demos to production, the hard problems are less about intelligence and more about containment, letting software act autonomously without leaking data or breaking things. SPACE is a bet that the winning agent platforms will be the ones that quietly solved the plumbing.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: SiliconANGLE · Published Friday, July 17, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Perplexity has launched SPACE, an infrastructure layer that wraps each AI agent session inside its own isolated microVM using AWS's Firecracker technology. The pitch is that agents which browse, click, and run code need somewhere safe to do it, and SPACE gives every session a disposable sandbox with user-controlled encryption keys and no stored credentials. The engineering numbers are the story: microVMs boot in roughly 5 milliseconds, sandbox creation is 3 to 5 times faster than prior systems, and the platform can capture live memory and files for up to a week, enabling pause-and-resume workflows. Perplexity says it now handles about 1.25 million sandboxes a week, and that 100 percent of its Computer sessions run on SPACE. As agents move from demos to production, the hard problems are less about intelligence and more about containment, letting software act autonomously without leaking data or breaking things. SPACE is a bet that the winning agent platforms will be the ones that quietly solved the plumbing.

## Source

[Read the full story at SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/15/perplexity-launches-secure-sandbox-make-ai-agents-secure-powerful/)

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