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Microsoft Perplexity Deal Puts Azure Multi Model AI Strategy Under Scrutiny
Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) has signed a multi year, US$750 million partnership with AI startup Perplexity.
Perplexity will use Microsoft Azure's Foundry service to run models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI on Azure infrastructure.
The agreement highlights Azure's positioning as a multi model AI hosting platform rather than a channel for a single model provider.
For you as an investor looking at Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT), this deal sits at the intersection of cloud and generative AI, two...