Allison Rose, Author at Microsoft for Startups Blog

How Merlin is Using Azure OpenAI Service to Unlock Customer Feedback

Allison Rose — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:29:06 +0000

Gathering high-quality customer feedback is critical, but let’s face it – surveys often garner responses as insightful as “it sucks.” On the other end of the spectrum, conducting 1:1 customer interviews provide illuminating perspectives, but simply don’t scale. Enter Merlin. The San Francisco-based startup provides the best of both worlds using the power of conversational...

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Experts on AI: A series of fireside chats about LLMs and AI best practices

Allison Rose — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:54:10 +0000

As AI capabilities advance rapidly, it’s now easier than ever for new companies to create intelligent apps, solutions, and services that attract customers and drive growth. We sat down with startup leaders, investors, and AI experts to shed light on the use of AI and large language models (LLMs) to help deepen your understanding of...

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How AlphaPrime uses AI automation to modernize the life sciences industry

Allison Rose — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 07:30:43 +0000

The power of AI to process and analyze vast amounts of data at unprecedented speeds holds immense potential for revolutionizing scientific research. AI algorithms can identify patterns, correlations, and anomalies in complex datasets, leading to new discoveries and insights. AlphaPrime has positioned itself as a forerunner of this new frontier, developing SaaS products for the...

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DeepBrain upgrades their AI avatar tech with boost from Azure

Allison Rose — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:33:21 +0000

As businesses across segments seek new ways to transform customer interactions and improve retention, advancements in AI like natural language processing, speech recognition, and computer vision technologies are contributing to new market opportunities and innovation. DeepBrain AI, a leading conversational AI startup from South Korea, specializes in video synthesis with a focus on creating realistic...

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Aisera’s conversational AI solution enhances customer experiences at scale – #LaunchWithAI

Allison Rose — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:02:28 +0000

This is part of our #LaunchWithAI series. Interested in sharing your story? Contact us here! “Elevate the humane, automate the mundane.” This is the core value at the heart of Aisera, an AI-driven startup with a user base of over 100 million. The Aisera platform automates repetitive tasks and provides behavioral intelligence for global companies...

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Startup founders, get comfortable being uncomfortable — Raluca Crisan, Etiq

Allison Rose — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:46:19 +0000

Uncertainty is a natural part of founding a startup. Questions about market demand, economic stability, and whether you’ve put together the right team can keep you up at night. While it can be a source of stress, uncertainty can also be an important driver of innovation and creativity, as it forces founders to think outside...

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How to defend your product infrastructure against malicious attacks

Allison Rose — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:00:02 +0000

This is part three of a three-part series on product infrastructure security. The attack vectors in the cloud are constantly evolving. These attacks frequently use unpatched vulnerabilities and insecure configurations to gain access to your systems. Quick and effective detection and proactive remediation is the key. As a startup building your business in the cloud,...

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How to secure your product infrastructure security

Allison Rose — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:00:13 +0000

This is part two of a three-part series on product infrastructure security. Startup organizations often face a challenge in implementing the right products for enabling security for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. The most common reason is the complexity of security solutions, which is compounded by the lack of a specialized security team. With Microsoft Defender...

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How to assess your product infrastructure security

Allison Rose — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:00:18 +0000

This is part one of a three-part series on product infrastructure security. Startups are changing the face of the world as we know it with innovative and disruptive ideas, products, and solutions. Cloud is at the heart of innovation in startups, a companion on their growth trajectory, from idea through execution and then scaling. All...

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