Perplexity Ships Major February 2026 Updates Including Multi-Model Council, Kimi K2.5, and Enterprise Controls

Summary

Perplexity released a series of significant updates throughout February 2026, headlined by a February 6th shipment that includes upgraded Deep Research, a multi-model Council feature, improved memory capabilities, a streamlined web UI, a step-by-step learning mode, and expanded enterprise controls incorporating Anthropic's Opus 4.5/4.6. The update also introduced a finance heatmap and richer reasoning capabilities across the platform. Notably, Perplexity added Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.5, described