We Built an AI Browser Because Comet Was Too Slow

We Built an AI Browser Because Comet Was Too Slow The Verge reviewed Perplexity's Comet browser and found something embarrassing: their AI agent took two minutes to unsubscribe from promotional emails. A human could do it in 30 seconds . That's not automation. That's theater. We built Tappi because we were tired of AI browsers that are slower than doing it yourself, cost a fortune in tokens, require monthly subscriptions, and harvest your browsing data. Tappi is different: 3-10x fewer tokens than competitors Zero telemetry — nothing leaves your machine Open source — MIT licensed, fork it, ship it BYOK — bring your own API key, no subscription Genuinely faster — we measured The Problem With Current AI Browsers The AI browser market exploded in 2025. Perplexity launched Comet in July. OpenAI launched Atlas in October. Opera relaunched Neon. The Browser Company announced Dia. Everyone wants to be the "AI browser." But they all share the same problems: They're Slower Than Manual The Verge