Microsoft for Startups

Building a startup takes more than speed. It takes the right support. 🚀 Annie Pearl shares how Microsoft for Startups helps founders build fast, scale smart, and sell more with credits, technical guidance, GTM support, and marketplace opportunities. Apply to Microsoft for Startups: msft.it/6015Qfg1H #MicrosoftForStartups #Startups #AI

Your startup's work deserves recognition. The 2026 Microsoft for Startups Partner of the Year Awards are open. If you're a B2B startup building on @Azure, Power Platform, or Microsoft 365, nominations open in June. Get ahead and start your submission now: msft.it/6018vn1O2

If you're heading to New York for @TechWeek_ we have six events lined up with something for every stage of the founder journey. 📍 New York, New York ➡️ Founder Exchange: Early Builders in the AI Era Sunday, June 1 | 7:00pm–10:00pm EDT 🔗 msft.it/6014vnD0q ➡️ The AI Founder Playbook: Breakfast & Panel @Microsoft Monday, June 2 | 8:30am–12:00pm EDT 🔗 msft.it/6015vnD0S ➡️ @EverywhereVentures Pre-Seed Founders Breakfast Tuesday, June 2 | 9:00am–11:00am EDT 🔗 msft.it/6016vnD0s? ➡️ Founders x Funders Breakfast with @SerenaVentures, @LinkedIn, and Microsoft for Startups Wednesday, June 3 | 9:00am–12:00pm EDT 🔗 msft.it/6017vnD0t ➡️ VC Reverse Pitch with Founders & Funders and Microsoft for Startups Thursday, June 4 | 10:00am–1:00pm EDT 🔗 msft.it/6018vnD0Q? ➡️ From Idea to Live MVP in 6 Hours with @GitHub Copilot Thursday, June 4 | 9:30am–4:30pm EDT 🔗 [Registration link] #NYTechWeek

The startups joining us at #MSBuild 2026 are working on the problems that sit between a promising AI demo and something that actually runs in production. Meet the cohort building on Azure. 🔗 msft.it/6016vVpM2

Cloud incidents don't wait. But most engineering teams are still manually digging through logs, jumping between dashboards, and hoping they find root cause before the damage compounds. @NeubirdAI flips that. Agentic AI on @Azure that actively investigates, correlates signals, and gets teams from detection to resolution in minutes. One enterprise customer cut investigation time by 60%. This is what AI-powered cloud ops actually looks like: msft.it/6010vpWDy #Azure #AIStartups #CloudOps #MicrosoftForStartups

Not all the good stuff at Build happens on the main stage. Join Microsoft for Startups on June 2 for Dev Your Own Way. Hands-on activations with @GitHub, @FireworksAI_HQ and @NVIDIAforStartups. Real conversations with founders and technical experts. Custom AI swag, food trucks, and a DJ. Come ready to build, leave with new workflows and new connections. Register now: msft.it/6019vTTdF @M12vc

Building with AI and moving fast? #MicrosoftBuild is coming to SF June 2–3. Learn to fine-tune models on a startup budget, ship agent architectures, and scale AI features without the enterprise overhead. 🚀 Register and learn more 🔗 build.microsoft.com/en-US/home?OCI…

Biotech's next era won't be won in the lab alone. It'll be won by the teams who build systems that turn insight into evidence, and evidence into scale. Five trends shaping AI-native biotech: msft.it/6018vuaor #Biotech #LifeSciences #AIinHealthcare #HealthTech

Building AI for enterprise? Founders and VCs share the 5 signals that separate promising demos from systems enterprises actually rely on. Read it before your next customer call 🔗 msft.it/6014vuiRG @ema_unlimited @m12vc

Deploying generative AI at scale isn't just a tech challenge. It's a trust challenge. Dynamo AI continuously monitors AI usage, flags misuse, and blocks sensitive data from reaching third parties. Watch the full customer story → msft.it/6012vK2AC #GenerativeAI #AISecurity #EnterpriseAI

There's no bigger stage than Times Square, and this week at HITLAB that's exactly where Microsoft for Startups is putting the health and life sciences founders building what's next. This week featuring: 🧬 Triomics 💡 Cuezen ❤️ Octagos 🌊 Subsalt 🏥 Amenities Build fast, scale smart, sell more: msft.it/6049Qf9mU

Your startup. Times Square, NYC. Microsoft for Startups is at #HITLAB spotlighting founders building real-world impact in health and life sciences. This week featuring: 🔬 Ema 📞 OutboundAI 🔥 IgniteData 🩺 Medical AI Visibility + resources to scale what matters. Learn more: msft.it/6049Qf9mU

Someone asks a bank's AI chatbot about their credit score. Seems simple. But if that system gets hijacked, leaks data, or just gets it wrong? Real consequences for a real person. Dynamo AI builds the guardrails that keep it from happening, backed by the Microsoft for Startups ecosystem. 🎥 Full founder story → msft.it/6010vMmog

The best room you'll be in this #NYTechWeek. Founders, investors & operators unpacking what's actually working in AI. Bagels included. ☀️ June 2 @ Microsoft NYC 🔗 msft.it/6013vzAZX #AIFounders #BuildingInAI

Microsoft Build 2026 is a startup builder's event this year. Agentic AI. Supercharged workflows. Cost optimization. Microsoft Marketplace go-to-market. June 2-3 in San Francisco (+ online). Here's what founders shouldn't miss: msft.it/6019vzUfX

The best startup advice is often the simplest: solve an important problem better than anyone else. 🎯 Annie Pearl shares why founders should stay focused on the problem they are solving and who they are solving it for. If that customer is an enterprise, apply to Microsoft for Startups now to get started: msft.it/6010Qf9mq #MicrosoftForStartups #Startups #FounderAdvice

Most founders talk about working hard. Nate from @RemarkableAI talks about something simpler, just saying yes. One conference. One decision. Multiple new brand partnerships unlocked. Watch the full Founder Friday interview here → msft.it/6011vyKDB

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10,000+ founders, investors, and tech leaders are converging on Athens. Here is what is drawing everyone there this May. Bakari Brock, our GM Director of Global Partnerships, breaks down why @Panatheneafest 2026 (May 27-29) is the event AI founders and investors need to be at this May. Read more about what the team has planned and why Panathēnea is worth your time: msft.it/7263

More startups should know what @Microsoft can help unlock. 💡 Annie Pearl and Jason Graefe share why many founders are not fully aware of the programs, resources, and go-to-market support available to help accelerate growth. Watch the full video: msft.it/6006Qfkyk #MicrosoftForStartups #Startups #GoToMarket

"VC-backable" means something different at every stage of an AI startup. Pre-seed: How fast are you learning? Series A: Does it work outside the lab? Growth: Can you scale trust, not just adoption? The startups that last build for the next stage before they arrive there. 🔗 msft.it/6017vDqbV