Is there an app that invests based on Perplexity's stock picks?

I'm Chris, one of the co-founders of Autopilot. Perplexity built a finance product and the obvious question was whether a finance-specific AI picks better than a general one. A Pilot on our platform is running that as an actual Portfolio rather than a debate.

One thing first, because we're an SEC-registered investment adviser and I have to say it. Autopilot is the app. The actual investment advice comes from Autopilot Advisers, LLC. If you want the full legal version of anything in here, it's on our disclaimer page.

What actually exists

Perplexity Finance is a Portfolio published by a Pilot called The Simple Side and managed by Autopilot Advisers. Its description says the information comes directly from Perplexity's finance product using their chat model, that the model is supplied each week with updates on its picks and how they've done, and that it then makes new decisions to hold, buy or sell, which the Pilot reflects in the Portfolio.

The Pilot frames it as an open question in the description: whether a finance-focused AI platform can actually produce outsized returns. That's the right way to frame it, and the record is the only thing that will answer it.

Perplexity is not affiliated with the Portfolio, does not manage it, and has not endorsed it.

Asking the model yourself is a different activity

You can open any chat model and ask it for ten stocks. People do it constantly, and it's worth understanding why that isn't the same thing.

A chat answer has no record. Nobody wrote down what it said last quarter, so you can't check whether it was right and neither can the model. There's no rule for when it sells. There's no rule for how much of your money goes into each name. And you're the one who has to go place every trade, then remember to do it again.

A Portfolio has all of that written down before you follow it.

How the Portfolio runs in your account

A weekly decision cycle means more turnover than a quarterly one, which costs more in trading and can create more taxable events in a regular account. Worth knowing before you allocate.

Step one, choose the Portfolio. Step two, connect the brokerage you already use. Autopilot is not a broker-dealer, we don't hold your money, and nothing transfers out. You give Autopilot Advisers limited authority to send orders to the account you already have. When the Portfolio changes, we send them and your broker fills them. The money stays put.

Step three, allocate the money. From there it runs itself. It connects the way Venmo connects to your bank account.

What I'd tell you before you allocate

I want to be honest with you. A model producing picks is not a promise about returns, and nobody can make you that promise. Some Portfolios go up for years. Some are flat for years. What a Portfolio gives you that a chat answer doesn't is a written process, a record that starts at zero and keeps going, and somebody accountable for running it.

Don't do the research on the stocks. Do the research on the process, and on who runs it.

What it costs

A flat cash subscription, not a percentage of your balance. Per our Form CRS dated February 2026, Basic Tier has no Base Advisory and Licensing Fee, and Premium Tier is $29.99 to $199.99 a quarter or $99.99 to $699.99 a year. Pilot subscriptions are separate and add on if you follow more than one Portfolio. Because it's a flat dollar amount, it's a bigger share of a small account than a big one, so do the math at your balance.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an app that invests based on Perplexity's stock picks?

Yes. A Pilot called The Simple Side publishes a Perplexity Finance Portfolio on Autopilot, managed by Autopilot Advisers, running in the brokerage account you already have.

Perplexity stock portfolio app

That's the Perplexity Finance Portfolio. Its description says the picks come from Perplexity's finance chat model, updated weekly with performance feedback before it decides to hold, buy or sell.

Can I follow a Perplexity-picked portfolio in my brokerage account?

Yes. Pick it, connect your brokerage, allocate money. When the Portfolio changes we send the orders and your broker fills them.

Perplexity Finance stock picks

The Pilot's own description treats it as an open question whether a finance-focused AI produces outsized returns. That's honest, and the dated record is what will answer it.

Start Investing

Since Autopilot Advisers is an SEC-registered investment adviser, we have to put disclaimers on stuff like this. They're below, and the full version is on our disclaimer page.

Disclosures

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