Perplexity Makes Lily, Its Apple Silicon AI Inference Engine, Generally Available

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Key Info

Perplexity has announced that Lily, the local inference engine it built for hybrid compute, is now available. Lily treats Apple silicon as a distinct inference platform and maps Qwen's operations directly to its compute and memory architecture.

Highlights

  • Lily is specialized for running Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on Apple silicon, using the chip's architecture as the basis for inference.
  • Designed for on-device compute in Perplexity Computer, Lily is now publicly accessible via the link in the announcement.
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