Tom Davis, Author at Microsoft for Startups Blog

NuShift’s AI solution revolutionizes enterprise data with rapid no-code approach

Tom Davis — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 23:30:20 +0000

In the fast-paced world of startups, the ability to bring innovative products to market quickly can make all the difference. NuShift, a member of the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, is transforming the manufacturing and maintenance sectors through a paradigm shift in how companies store, retrieve, and leverage data.

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Microsoft for Startups supporting AI Grant to propel AI-first startups

Tom Davis — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:56:20 +0000

Last fall Microsoft for Startups was thrilled to support AI Grant, the accelerator for AI-first startups funded by Nat Friedman, former CEO of GitHub, and Daniel Gross, an early investor in Stripe, Coinbase, Figma, and others. We are excited to be back for round two with an even bigger commitment to supporting startups.

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Stronger Together: Microsoft for Startups at RSA Conference 2023

Tom Davis — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:59:15 +0000

Microsoft for Startups is thrilled to announce that we will be participating at RSA Conference (RSAC), one of the biggest cybersecurity events of the year, from April 24-26th in San Francisco. This year’s theme is “Stronger Together,” and we couldn’t agree more with that sentiment.

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Use your conviction to help change minds and open new markets — Jeu George, Orkes

Tom Davis — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000

I sat down recently with Orkes co-founder and CEO Jeu George. Jeu knew he was onto something exciting when he and his co-founders helped develop a workflow orchestration tool called Conductor during their time at Netflix.

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Four things I learned as CEO – Amir Khan, Alkira #MeetTheInnovators

Tom Davis — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:14:07 +0000

The first valuable lesson I learned is the importance of team chemistry and culture fit of the people that you are bringing in.

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Meet the Innovators with Ellington West, co-founder and CEO of Sonavi Labs

Tom Davis — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:25:09 +0000

This week I was delighted to catch up with Ellington West co-founder and CEO of Sonavi Labs, a medical device and software company using AI technology to enhance chronic disease management, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Ellington comes from a tradition of changemakers.

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Start locally, expand globally – Tal Kollender, CEO and co-founder of Gytpol

Tom Davis — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:58:05 +0000

Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of meeting Tal Kollender at the RSA conference in San Francisco. Tal is the co-founder and CEO of Gytpol one of the most exciting cyber-startups I have come across in recent years.

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Meet the Innovators with Vijaye Raji, founder and CEO of Statsig

Tom Davis — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 20:51:13 +0000

Everyone’s journey to entrepreneurship is different. Some start their first company while they’re in high school and then wash, rinse, repeat through several startups until they find one that works. Others take a longer way round.

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Meet the Innovators – Omer Har, co-founder and CTO of Explorium

Tom Davis — Mon, 30 May 2022 19:03:33 +0000

I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down this week with Omer Har. Omer is the CTO of Explorium which he co-founded in 2018 with Maor Shlomo as CEO and Or Tamir as COO.

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Working with a client to co-develop your product – Steve Gu, co-founder and CEO of AiFi

Tom Davis — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:03:20 +0000

AiFi enables reliable, cost-effective, and entirely contactless autonomous shopping with AI-powered computer vision technology that provides an unrivaled experience for retailers and consumers. I asked Steve about his background and how he plans to make retail autonomous for shoppers everywhere.

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