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Startup stories
January 15
3 min read

How AI-powered collaborations are transforming healthcare and life sciences

This article focuses on healthcare and life sciences, highlighting how AI startups and enterprise health organizations are collaborating through Microsoft for Startups to drive measurable outcomes across clinical care, research, and population health.

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News
July 1, 2025
6 min read

Build fast, scale smart, and sell more: Microsoft for Startups evolves to better serve the startup ecosystem

As we evaluated our progress, we saw startups leveraging Microsoft Azure to achieve three main goals: build faster, scale smarter, and sell more.

Startup stories
January 11, 2024
2 min read

Microsoft expands free Azure AI infrastructure access to startups

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.

Events and community engagement
November 17, 2023
5 min read

Microsoft Azure updates every startup building with generative AI should know about

This week at Microsoft Ignite, we presented the latest advancements in Microsoft’s AI and Cloud technology.

May 8, 2023
5 min read

Innovate faster with generative AI on Azure OpenAI Service

Looking to take your startup to the next level and create amazing features that utilize artificial intelligence? With access to cutting-edge AI models and tools, Microsoft Azure Open AI Service can help you build next-generation applications capable of incredible things.

News
January 24, 2023
2 min read

Azure OpenAI Service powers the next generation of startups

We recently announced the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service as part of Microsoft’s continued commitment to democratizing AI, and ongoing partnership with OpenAI.

November 8, 2022
4 min read

Azure empowers Hexa to create 3D content at scale – #StartupsOnAzure

Hexa has benefited greatly from deploying its platform on Azure with the team providing excellent technical and architectural support.

October 6, 2022
5 min read

#StartupsOnAzure – Azure helps R2 Wireless bring IoT wireless threat analysis to smart cities

Smart cities and critical infrastructure are routinely targeted by attackers, posing significant risks for assets.

Startup stories
September 21, 2022
5 min read

#StartupsOnAzure – Silverfort and Azure bring unified identity protection to on-premises, cloud, and edge

Identity protection Countless organizations rely on Microsoft Azure to create their most innovative and secure application and workload environments in the cloud.

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September 8, 2022
5 min read

#StartupsOnAzure – Azure PlayFab is Gavra Games’s powerup for multiplayer

Overview Small game development teams often lack the expertise or resources to handle the server-side and runtime infrastructure issues that are critical to a game’s success.

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Startup stories
August 30, 2022
3 min read

#StartupsOnAzure – Azure Tools Rapidly Scale GYTPOL’s Security Platform

This is part of a series of posts about startups building on Azure that looks at different companies within Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub and how they are using their credits to access a wide array of Azure services to help level up their startup.

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Startup stories
August 11, 2022
4 min read

#StartupsOnAzure – Trellis delivers accurate forecasts for agriculture supply chain resilience

This is the first in a new series of posts about #StartupsOnAzure that will look at different companies within Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub and how they are using their credits to access a wide array of Azure services to help level up their startup.