Perplexity signs ₹6,900 crore AI cloud deal with Microsoft: Report

AI startup Perplexity has signed a deal with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud service, Bloomberg reported. The multi-year agreement, valued at $750 million (around ₹6,900 crore), will allow Perplexity to deploy AI models through Microsoft's Foundry service, including those made by OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI. Perplexity's main cloud provider is Amazon Web Services (AWS).