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Revolutionizing IT operations with Logmind AlOps built on Azure services

jsarfaty — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Utilizing the robust infrastructure of Microsoft Azure, Logmind enables organizations to efficiently manage large volumes of data, gain critical insights, reduce downtime, and enhance operational performance—all while supporting a secure and proactive approach to IT management.

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A guide to securing software supply chains for early stage startups

jsarfaty — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

As founders and technical experts, it's essential to understand why software supply chain security matters, how to approach it, and what steps you can take to contribute to a more secure ecosystem. In this blog post, we'll explore these aspects and highlight the role of the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund in supporting maintainers to improve security outcomes.

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Microsoft for Startups Discovery Day: What you can expect

jsarfaty — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Microsoft’s Discovery Day is almost here, and for startups, it’s a prime opportunity to dive into the ecosystem of Microsoft technologies, network with like-minded founders, and hear from Microsoft’s own AI experts and advocates.

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Empowering Sync Labs’ AI-Driven Video Editing Revolution: How Microsoft for Startups and Azure GPU Clusters Accelerate Innovation

Jason Wong — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:57:51 +0000

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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Tapping into Experts Through Founders Hub: How Satori Turbocharged their Business with Guidance from Microsoft Sales Leaders

Nick Sherrill — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:41:52 +0000

The Expert Network is a benefits program within Founders Hub dedicated to connecting founders with experts in their field. From sales and finance to engineering and marketing, it’s a network of nearly 2,000 Microsoft professionals around the world who volunteer their time to help startup founders. Through the Expert Network, Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub...

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Entrepreneur First’s Autumn AI Cohort Chooses Microsoft Azure as Exclusive Cloud Partner for Defensive Tech Innovation

Microsoft for Startups — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:00:38 +0000

At Microsoft for Startups, we are committed to empowering the next generation of AI innovators. We recognize the substantial investment of capital and resources needed to develop cutting-edge AI solutions. To help address this challenge, we’ve teamed with London-based Entrepreneur First to provide up to $350,000 in Azure Credits to startups in their Autumn AI...

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Navigating Business Growth with AI: Practical Insights

Marina Arnaout — Mon, 06 May 2024 15:10:41 +0000

While artificial intelligence (AI) is not new, it has recently taken center stage. Organizations are now grappling with the question of how to effectively modernize their operations. So, how can you use AI to grow your business as a founder? Starting a company is difficult, but startups have an advantage over enterprises because they can...

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Unlocking visual storytelling with AI

Microsoft for Startups — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:00:38 +0000

Linum’s goal is to enable aspiring storytellers to create animations of their creative visions without the need for expensive software or hardware. Setting them apart from other AI-generated content engines is their capability to create video footage from descriptive text. Their goal is to democratize the animation industry and unleash the creative potential of storytellers...

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Helping small businesses grow with conversational AI assistants

Microsoft for Startups — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:00:28 +0000

Whether it’s tailor-made services or a bustling local brunch spot, phone calls are a vital avenue for serving people, creating loyal customers, and building trust. Small businesses face the difficulty of balancing calls, emails, and other modes of inquiry to keep operations running smoothly. If there’s only a sole owner or small staff, numerous opportunities...

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Microsoft expands free Azure AI infrastructure access to startups

Ted Roduner — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 01:00:07 +0000

In November, Microsoft for Startups announced the availability of Azure AI infrastructure for high-end GPU virtual machine clusters for use in training and running large language models and other deep learning models, with access to Y Combinator and M12 startups. Today, we are excited to announce we are extending the offer to additional organizations that...

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