A tech podcaster and journalist tested Perplexity Comet on his own work, including turning an email listing 50 conference speakers into researched podcast guest recommendations.
- First reported
- jasonhowell.substack.com · 12 Jul 2025
- Added
- 13 Oct 2026
- Source checked
- 13 Oct 2026
What they did
Starting from an email that listed 50 speakers at the HumanX conference, he asked Comet to pull the event agenda, research the speakers, surface the main themes and suggest who would make good guests for his show. Comet worked across the email and the conference pages in the browser. In the same hands-on he also tested scheduling, travel planning and product comparisons.
What happened
He reports that Comet pulled the agenda, researched the speakers, identified recurring themes and returned a list of recommended podcast guests.
Keep in mind
This was a single early hands-on session with no measure of recommendation quality. In the same test Comet put the wrong recipient on a draft email, so outputs need checking.
Try it with your agent
Open the email from <sender> that lists the speakers for <event name> and the event agenda at <agenda URL>. For each speaker, find their role, company and recent public talks or posts, then group them by theme. Recommend the <number> best fits for my podcast about <your show topic>, with one line on why and a suggested episode angle for each.
Replace the <angle brackets> with your own details.
Original source
jasonhowell.substack.comHands-on reviewA journalist or reviewer used the agent and wrote up what happened.
