AI startup Perplexity is said to have signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft (MSFT) to use its Azure cloud service, spreading its business beyond longtime cloud partner Amazon.com (AMZN).
The three-year commitment will let Perplexity deploy AI models through Microsoft’s Foundry service, including those made by OpenAI (OPENAI), Anthropic, and xAI, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the deal.
“We are excited to partner with Microsoft for access to frontier models from X, OpenAI, and Anthropic,” a Perplexity spokesperson said, according to the report.
Perplexity hasn’t shifted spending from Amazon Web Services, long the startup’s main cloud provider, as part of the Microsoft deal, the spokesperson added.
