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We’re thrilled to proceed our relationship with Oxbridge-AIx lead by Udai Dhamija and Francisco Morejón, and supporting their flagship pitch competitors Oxbridge AI Challenge. Because the Platinum Sponsor this 12 months, Microsoft is happy to proceed our collaboration with OxbridgeAI and the Microsoft for Startups Staff, which has been instrumental in driving the success of our initiatives. Collectively, we intention to encourage and encourage entrepreneurship inside the AI area, making a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive neighborhood of entrepreneurs and downside solvers engaged on urgent international points. This partnership offers a platform and publicity for main AI entrepreneurs from Oxford and Cambridge to showcase themselves on the world stage. Past this, we’ll present contributors with entry to as much as $150,000 of Azure Cloud credit that they’ll use to entry main generative AI fashions together with GPT-4.0 and Llama 2 from Meta.
- Entry to Chopping-Edge Know-how: With this supply contributors can entry essentially the most complete set of generative AI fashions by Azure AI Studio on a protected and safe cloud. Contributors may have the distinctive alternative to leverage Microsoft’s superior AI instruments and platforms.
- Unique Mentorship: Via Microsoft’s Founders Hub contributors can entry over a 1,000Microsoft’s specialists throughout gross sales, advertising and engineering will supply steerage, guaranteeing that our contributors obtain top-notch help and insights.
- Enhanced Networking: This collaboration will open doorways to invaluable connections inside the tech trade, fostering a vibrant ecosystem of innovation and collaboration
Final 12 months our collaboration with OxbridgeAIx created some thrilling alternatives for collaborating groups. For instance, our help of JRE and Adalat.ai, two of the finalists from final 12 months’s Oxbridge AI Problem led to their inclusion in Microsoft Think about Cup. Sometimes called the “Olympics of expertise,” the Think about Cup is the premier international expertise competitors that which permits pupil entrepreneurs utilizing the Microsoft cloud to show progressive concepts into market-ready startups. Contributors are eligible to compete for the grand prize of USD100,000 and a mentorship session with Microsoft Chairman and CEO, Satya Nadella. All through the competitors, contributors acquire entry to networking alternatives, international recognition and professional teaching alongside the best way to speed up their startup. JRE positioned as one of many high three finalists within the 2024 competitors.
“We had an incredible time, and acquired numerous readability, connections, and suggestions that modified and accelerated our product and firm exponentially. Udai and Francisco are genuinely hidden gems that deserve all of the reward on this planet. So pleased to have linked with them.” -Akshat Saraf, Co-founder at JRE.
Many startups joined Microsoft for Startups after the Oxbridge AI Problem, like Rootd, who shared that:
“Microsoft for Startups and their Azure Sponsorship credit have been essential in bootstrapping the Rootd platform. Inside a couple of months now we have been in a position to deploy our full stack on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and a primary beta model of our platform. Azure Open AI has been essential for our R&D work and we’re presently exploring Azure AI Studio to develop superior options. The Microsoft crew has additionally been constantly useful and supportive in our journey, and we stay up for persevering with our relationship with them within the months to come back.”-CEO Madeleine Hahne, Co-founder Annabel Collinson and CTO Cherian Mathew.
Functions for the problem are open with the deadline for submission touchdown in October and finals occurring in early December. Click on here to use!
