The Compound Context Tax in Perplexity Computer
The compound context tax in Perplexity Computer means each message in a thread costs more than the last, because the model re-reads the full conversation history every time. This applies to any agentic AI system that bills by token volume or context length.
Table showing the compound context tax in Perplexity Computer: per-message cost grows from 1× baseline at messages 1–5 to 6–8× or higher after message 50, because the model re-reads the entire conversation history with each turn. Applies to any agentic AI system billing by token volume.
