AI search startup diversifies infrastructure with three-year azure deal, gaining access to "frontier models" from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI. Editorial credit: miss.cabul / Shutterstock In a major strategic shift that highlights the increasingly complex alliances of the AI era, Perplexity AI has signed a $750 million, three-year cloud agreement with Microsoft. Reported on January 30, 2026, the deal allows the high-growth search startup to utilize Microsoft Azure AI Foundry as

Universal, Concord, and ABKCO accuse ai firm of "flagrant piracy" involving 20,000 songs and illegal BitTorrent use. The legal war over AI and copyright reached a new high on January 28, 2026, as a coalition of the world's most powerful music publishers filed a staggering $3 billion lawsuit against Anthropic. The new complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, represents a massive escalation from previous disputes, with publishers now alleging that Anthropic’s mu