Perplexity agrees USD 750 mln deal to access Microsoft Foundry model repository

Perplexity agrees USD 750 mln deal to access Microsoft Foundry model repository

By Telecompaper
Publication Date: 2026-02-02 09:35:00

Perplexity agrees USD 750 mln deal to access Microsoft Foundry model repository

AI search engine and browser provider Perplexity has agreed a three-year deal with Microsoft to source AI model deployment capabilities available through the Microsoft Foundry platform, reports Bloomberg. The deal is thought to be worth USD 750 million, and comes after Perplexity was hit by legal action from its existing cloud provider Amazon Web Services over online shopping features that allegedly breached terms regarding Amazon’s customer data. However, Perplexity says the Microsoft deal will not affect