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5 min read"Am I the only one that is just blown away by this?" That’s the host of The Startup Ideas Podcast reacting to Perplexity Labs, the new AI agent product from the $13 billion search company. In this episode, he runs a series of live demos to see whether Perplexity Labs can replace a film director, a salesperson, a viral social media strategist, and a financial analyst—all for $20 a month. The results are surprising, and the practical lessons for founders and creators are immediate.
The Film Director: Storyboards, Scripts, and Thumbnails in One Prompt
The host’s first test was to see if Perplexity Labs could act as a film director for a short ad promoting his startup, ideabrowser.com. He prompted it to create a story about a 24-year-old McDonald’s employee who finds a startup idea and changes her life. The output included a full protagonist profile (Maya Chen, complete with a $247 bank balance and missed calls from student loans), six storyboards with visual sketches, and a full screenplay. The host was genuinely surprised: “I thought I was gonna do this episode and be like, it’s not that good. And I once I saw this, I was like, wow, this is incredible.”
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Introduction: Can Perplexity Labs Replace Your AI Stack?** - Host sets up the challenge: testing Perplexity Labs (the $13B search company's new AI agent product) against ChatGPT, Manus, and Claude by replacing a salesperson, copywriter, social media lead, film director, and financial analyst.
- 2 (01:25) **Film Director Agent: Storyboard & Screenplay Generation** - Host prompts Perplexity Labs to create an 8-minute mini-film ad for ideabrowser.com, featuring a 24-year-old McDonald's employee who finds a startup idea and changes her life.
- 3 (05:59) **Sponsor Break: ideabrowser.com** - Host pitches his own startup, ideabrowser.com, which sends free daily startup ideas backed by data trends.
- 4 (07:11) **Salesperson Agent: Lead Generation Dashboard** - Host prompts the agent to create a potential customer list for a design agency selling to Fortune 500 companies, requesting contact info and a dashboard.
- 5 (10:02) **Reprompting for Y Combinator Leads** - Host reprompts the sales agent to find contacts for CEOs and founders from the latest Y Combinator batch, adding them to the dashboard.
- 6 (11:20) **Viral Social Media Agent: Replicating Dan Koe's Strategy** - Host prompts the agent to replicate Dan Koe's content strategy for a different niche, aiming for 100k followers in 90 days.
- 7 (20:16) **Financial Analyst Agent: Buffett-Inspired AI Investment Strategy** - Host prompts the agent to recommend a trading strategy based on Warren Buffett's value investing approach, adapted for AI and startups.
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Show Notes
I explorePerplexity Labs, the AI agent product from Perplexity. I test its capabilities across multiple use cases including creating film storyboards, generating sales leads, developing content strategies, and performing financial analysis. Throughout the demo, I am surprised at the quality and depth of the outputs, particularly the tool's ability to create visual storyboards and comprehensive business dashboards.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to Perplexity Labs
01:18 - Film director AI Agent
07:04 - Salesperson AI Agent
11:11 - Content strategy Consultant AI Agent
20:13 - Financial Analyst AI Agent
24:08 - Salesperson AI Agent (pt2)
Key Points:
• I test Perplexity Labs' AI agents against other AI tools like ChatGPT, demonstrating its capabilities for various business functions
• Perplexity Labs ($20/month) can create detailed film storyboards, sales lead lists, content strategies, and financial analysis
• The tool generates comprehensive dashboards with actionable information, including contact details for potential clients
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