Perplexity open-sources SPACE, its agent sandbox platform

Perplexity released SPACE, the sandbox platform behind its Computer agent, on GitHub under Apache 2.0. It runs code in isolated Firecracker microVMs with pause, resume and session branching, and creates sandboxes 3–5x faster than its previous commercial provider.

• SPACE has powered all Computer sessions since July, handling millions of sandbox creations daily
• Sandbox creation is 3–5x faster than the previous commercial provider
• No VM-to-host escapes in 108 deliberate breakout attempts
• CoreWeave and Akamai have launched SPACE on their clouds; Crusoe is partnering next