Microsoft Expands Free Azure AI Infrastructure Access to Startups

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In November, Microsoft for Startups announced the provision of Azure AI infrastructure for high-end GPU digital machine clusters to be used in coaching and working giant language fashions and different deep studying fashions, with entry to Y Combinator and M12 startups.

At this time, we’re excited to announce we’re extending the provide to further organizations that align with our imaginative and prescient for advancing AI innovation to early-stage startups. We’re proud to welcome founders affiliated with AI Grant Fund, Alchemist Accelerator, Conviction, The House Fund, Open AI Startup Fund, Neo and AI investor Elad Gil who will acquire entry to this state-of-the-art infrastructure throughout a non-public preview part.

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Entry to Slicing-Edge AI Infrastructure

This initiative is geared toward early-stage startups as a result of it presents them entry to specialised, high-performance Azure AI infrastructure without charge. By offering tailor-made GPU digital machine clusters, startups can leverage superior computing capabilities with out the monetary burden, empowering them to develop and scale AI options extra shortly and effectively.

Right here’s what Vaikkunth Mugunthan CEO and Cofounder of DynamoFL needed to say in regards to the influence of having access to this infrastructure.

“At DynamoFL, we’ve been capable of enormously speed up our growth plans with each the assist and GPU entry from the Microsoft for Startups program. Azure’s AI infrastructure has been important to our capability to deploy high-quality and regulation-compliant Gen AI fashions, at scale, for our joint clients. We are able to’t wait to proceed to deploy extra privacy-preserving Gen AI merchandise by means of the Azure Market.”

Microsoft’s Azure AI infrastructure is purpose-built to assist startups aiming to scale essentially the most refined AI workloads. From delivering giant and sophisticated AI fashions like GPT-4 and ChatGPT by means of Azure OpenAI Service to offering AI-accelerated choices with networked GPUs, startups can leverage high-performance capabilities to speed up getting their fashions into manufacturing. Azure AI Studio gives tooling for low-code or code-based coaching, fine-tuning of fashions, and safe deployments adhering to Microsoft’s rules for Accountable AI. With Mannequin-as-a-Service, we now have essentially the most complete set of fashions within the business together with Llama 2 from Meta and upcoming premium fashions from Cohere, Mistral, and Jais.

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