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Perplexity Open-Sources SPACE, a Firecracker MicroVM Sandbox for AI Agents
Perplexity has open-sourced SPACE (Sandboxed Platform for Agentic Code Execution), the Apache 2.0, Rust-based sandbox platform that runs every task in Perplexity Computer. Each agent task gets its own Firecracker microVM, with credentials and egress policy enforced outside the guest, and the release includes an HTTP API with server-sent events for creating sandboxes and streaming command output. Perplexity reports median sandbox create latency of 60 ms in production and 0 of 108 red-team escape
Why it matters: It gives teams building coding or browsing agents a production-tested, self-hostable isolation layer plus concrete red-team data on the risks of agent network egress.
PerplexityFirecracker microVMAI agent security