In _Coalgebras in symmetric monoidal categories of spectra_, Péroux and Shipley prove the following (Lemma 2.4): > Let $\mathcal{C}=\mathsf{Sets},\mathsf{Top}$, or $\mathsf{sSets}$. The free basepoint functor > $$(-)^+\colon(\mathcal{C},\times,\mathrm{pt})\to(\mathcal{C}_*,\wedge,S^0)$$ > lifts to an equivalence of categories > $$(-)^+\colon\mathsf{CoMon}(\mathcal{C})\dashrightarrow\mathsf{CoMon}(\mathcal{C}_*).$$ > As such, any comonoid in $\mathcal{C}_*$ is isomorphic to one of the form $(C^+,\Delta^+_{C},\epsilon^+_C)$ with $(C,\Delta_{C},\epsilon_C)$ a comonoid in $\mathcal{C}$. Originally, this question asked if there's an analogue of Péroux–Shipley's result for $\mathbb{E}_{k}$-comonoids in $(\mathcal{S}_*,\wedge,S^0)$, for $1\leq k\leq\infty$. At least in its most basic sense (i.e. that $\mathbb{E}_{k}$-comonoids in $\mathcal{S}_*$ are just pointed spaces), there isn't, as pointed by Denis Nardin [here](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/401373/what-are-the-mathbbe-infty-monoids-in-pointed-spaces-or-what-are-deri#comment1025957_401373). - Is there some more refined analogue of Péroux–Shipley's result in this context? That is, is there some sense in which $\mathbb{E}_{k}$-comonoids in $\mathcal{S}_*$ are "not too far" from being just pointed spaces? - What are some natural examples of such objects?