Final fall Microsoft for Startups was thrilled to help 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’re excited to be again for spherical two with an excellent larger dedication to supporting startups.

Purposes are open now for the AI Grant program by way of July 10, 2023, with choices on grant recipients by July 24.

Should you’re chosen for this system, you’ll obtain:

• $250,000 on an uncapped SAFE to your AI-native product startup
• $350,000 in Azure cloud credit
• Membership to Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, together with a big selection of Microsoft and three^rd-party advantages, go-to-market help by way of the Pegasus Program, 1:1 mentoring, and extra
• $50,000 in credit from AssemblyAI
• $10,000 in credit from OpenAI
• $11,000 in AI voice credit from Eleven Labs
• A weekend with friends and advisors on the AI Grant Summit in San Francisco
• And a lot extra…

We’re proud to be the unique cloud accomplice of the AI Grant program, which is open to all founders who’re constructing AI-first merchandise or options that leverage AI fashions in a helpful or participating means. By means of Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, we sit up for serving to these startups convey their real-world options to main firms across the globe by way of joint go-to-market actions.

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub has lengthy been supporting AI-first startups and offering members with entry to Azure OpenAI Service and OpenAI with its groundbreaking GPT-4 mannequin.

Apply now for the AI Grant program. We’re excited to be partnering with AI Grant once more and we are able to’t wait to see what the subsequent era of AI-first entrepreneurs and startups construct.

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