Jan 29 : AI startup Perplexity has signed a $750 million agreement with Microsoft to use its Azure cloud service, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The three-year deal will allow Nvidia-backed Perplexity to run a range of AI models through Microsoft's Foundry program, including systems from OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI, the report said. Perplexity and Microsoft did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. A Perplexity spokesperson