AI Archives - Microsoft for Startups Blog http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/category/launch-with-ai/ai/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:38:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-Microsoft-favicon_rgb-1-32x32.png AI Archives - Microsoft for Startups Blog http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/category/launch-with-ai/ai/ 32 32 Welcome Account: Women’s History Month Microsoft for Startups Feature http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/welcome-account-womens-history-month-microsoft-for-startups-feature/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/welcome-account-womens-history-month-microsoft-for-startups-feature/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/?p=2976 Caroline Span is the cofounder of Welcome Account, an innovative fintech solution that brings financial inclusion to underserved groups. Their multilingual platform uses AI to help recent immigrants open bank accounts and access financial services in their new countries, eliminating language and administrative barriers.  

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]]> http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/welcome-account-womens-history-month-microsoft-for-startups-feature/feed/ 0 How Gigs uses AI to match you with your next job—in partnership with Microsoft Azure  http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/how-gigs-uses-ai-to-match-you-with-your-next-job-in-partnership-with-microsoft-azure/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/how-gigs-uses-ai-to-match-you-with-your-next-job-in-partnership-with-microsoft-azure/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/?p=2912 Finding a job shouldn’t be a full-time job. Yet for many hourly workers, applying for positions is an exhausting and inefficient process—one that can take hours of filling out applications just to secure a single interview. Gigs, an innovative job platform founded by Allen Narcisse, is solving this problem using AI to simplify job applications, helping job seekers land jobs faster and with less frustration.  

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]]> http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/how-gigs-uses-ai-to-match-you-with-your-next-job-in-partnership-with-microsoft-azure/feed/ 0 Teaming with USC Iovine and Young Academy to Empower the Next Generation of AI Innovators http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/innovationquest/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/innovationquest/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:49:49 +0000 https://startups.microsoft.com/blog/?p=2050 We recently had the privilege of teaming up with the USC Iovine and Young Academy (IYA), making Microsoft the official cloud and AI provider for student-led AI innovation through their flagship program, Innovation Quest.  When I was invited to help kickoff Innovation Quest on behalf of the Microsoft for Startups team, I’ll admit, despite having...

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]]> http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/unlocking-the-power-of-responsible-generative-ai-how-microsoft-for-startups-empowers-brias-cutting-edge-platform-for-building-generative-ai-solutions/feed/ 0 Empowering Sync Labs’ AI-Driven Video Editing Revolution: How Microsoft for Startups and Azure GPU Clusters Accelerate Innovation http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/empowering-sync-labs-ai-driven-video-editing-revolution-how-microsoft-for-startups-and-azure-gpu-clusters-accelerate-innovation/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/empowering-sync-labs-ai-driven-video-editing-revolution-how-microsoft-for-startups-and-azure-gpu-clusters-accelerate-innovation/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:57:51 +0000 https://startups.microsoft.com/blog/?p=2040 Microsoft for Startups is proud to support Sync Labs, a pioneering startup specializing in training controllable and consistent generative models for creating and editing human video content. Through a strategic partnership with Y Combinator, Sync Labs gains exclusive access to a dedicated Azure GPU cluster, providing the advanced computing power necessary to drive their groundbreaking...

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]]> http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/empowering-sync-labs-ai-driven-video-editing-revolution-how-microsoft-for-startups-and-azure-gpu-clusters-accelerate-innovation/feed/ 0 Teaming with OxbridgeAI to Champion AI Startups from Oxford and Cambridge http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/teaming-with-oxbridgeai-to-champion-ai-startups-from-oxford-and-cambridge/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/teaming-with-oxbridgeai-to-champion-ai-startups-from-oxford-and-cambridge/#respond Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:00:36 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/?p=1970 We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Oxbridge-AIx lead by Udai Dhamija and Francisco Morejón, and supporting their flagship pitch competition Oxbridge AI Challenge. As the Platinum Sponsor this year, Microsoft is excited to continue our collaboration with OxbridgeAI and the Microsoft for Startups Team, which has been instrumental in driving the success of...

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]]> http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/are-you-ok-helfie-ai-aims-to-make-preventive-healthcare-accessible-to-all/feed/ 0 GovDash: Modernizing Government Contract Workflows with AI http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/govdash-modernizing-government-contract-workflows-ai/ http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/govdash-modernizing-government-contract-workflows-ai/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:33:42 +0000 http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/startups/blog/?p=1947 GovDash is a software as a service (SaaS) platform that leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the entire business development lifecycle for government contracting companies. GovDash provides everything needed to help teams win more contracts from identifying opportunities, guiding through the capture process, building compliance matrices, annotating outlines, writing proposals before delivering the final product into...

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