←Back to NewsAI News/ApinewsApiRetrievalPerplexity's Photon Slashes Search Latency by 12x for AI AgentsPerplexity's new Rust-based Photon engine powers a Fast Search API preset that cuts agent task costs 68% while returning results in 230ms at p95.SourcePerplexityPublishedSep 24, 2026, 6:07 PMAuthorAlphaSignal NewsroomRead1 min readPerplexity's new Rust-based Photon engine powers a Fast Search API preset that cuts agent task costs 68% while returning results in 230ms at p95.Reporting is indexed from AlphaSignal. Rights remain with the original publisher and cited sources.Read original report ↗Next readsYou.com · newsYou.com Adds One API Flag That Boosts Search Accuracy by 20%Exa · newsExa Snapshot Lets AI Search the Web as It Existed Years AgoExa · newsExa's Dynamic Highlights Cuts Agent Search Tokens by 40% Without Losing Quality
