Microsoft for Startups

How do global brands turn AI excitement into implementation and stay on brand at scale? 💡 Join Jason Ing (CMO, Typeface) and Ran Wei Baker (Sr. Director and Global Head of Marketing, Microsoft for Startups) for a conversation on agentic marketing with actionable steps for CMOs, agentic workflows that keep content on brand across formats, the Microsoft partnership accelerating Typeface’s growth, and what’s next for advertising in the AI era. You’ll learn: - Practical advice for CMOs moving from AI excitement to implementation - How agentic workflows keep content on brand while scaling across formats - How the Microsoft partnership has accelerated Typeface’s growth - The future of advertising in the AI era and Typeface’s role in it Register now. 👇 #MicrosoftForStartups #AI #AgenticMarketing

Edition 14 of Female Founder Office Hours is back with more access. 🌟 On Oct 30, Europe-based women founders in tech will meet six investors for focused 1:1 conversations. We’re excited to sponsor this event with Playfair and back the community creating these opportunities. Apply by Oct 9: https://lnkd.in/eSAw_y_a #MicrosoftForStartups #FemaleFounders

AI talent starts early. 🚀 Our Microsoft for Startups Scouts program partners with Stanford University and Georgia Institute of Technology to surface student founders and future VCs before they hit the mainstream. See how Scouts build campus deal flow, connect founders with Azure resources, and grow innovation communities. Read the full story: https://msft.it/6044sUNQg Special thanks to our Scouts featured: Sumedha Kethini | Harish Viswanathan | Matthew Steele | David Serrao | Reilly McKnight | Michael Sun #MicrosoftForStartups #Startups #StudentInnovation

As the demand for meaningful progress in AI accelerates, enterprises are increasingly turning to agile #startups to help drive innovation. When these two forces align, the results can be truly transformative. At #MicrosoftForStartups, we’ve seen first-hand how strategic collaboration between founders and enterprises unlocks powerful outcomes. In this recent Fast Company article, our VP Hans Yang shares insights on how enterprises can prepare to partner effectively with startups. 📖 Read the full article by Hans: https://lnkd.in/e-K5GKTa #EnterpriseAI #StartupCollaboration #InnovationLeadership Adriano Soares Koshiyama Emre Kazim, PhD Hans Yang Mary Camarata Raj Bharat Patel, CQF Microsoft for Startups Fast Company Heena Purohit ShiSh S. Sally Ann Frank Kevin Magee, Tom Davis Jared Prins Holistic AI

Meet Abhay Parasnis, Founder and CEO of Typeface. 🚀 Typeface helps the world’s largest brands create on brand content across text, images, and video at scale. Customers report 10x more content, campaign timelines cut by up to 90 percent, and stronger engagement. Read how agentic marketing changes the playbook. Read the full story. ⬇️ #MicrosoftForStartups #AI #AgenticMarketing

Most enterprises want startup speed. Few are startup-ready. The AI race isn’t a solo mission. Partnership is the force multiplier. Across banking, insurance, healthcare, and retail, the biggest companies are now teaming up with startups to innovate faster. But here's the reality: While many want to, they aren't ready. Hans Yang provides an excellent checklist for enterprises that want to be "startup-ready": 1️⃣ 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻-𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 → Streamline slow procurement with fast-track vendor onboarding, sandbox environments, and clear compliance pathways. 2️⃣ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 → Don’t get dazzled by flashy demos. Align on a real, well-scoped business problem. 3️⃣ 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 → Invest in flexible architectures and build interoperability so startups can plug in and scale with you. And let’s be clear: This is not one-sided. Startups must earn enterprise trust. And enterprises must identify the right startups to work with. ⚡That's why programs like Microsoft for Startups Pegasus exist! Startup Speed + Enterprise Scale = Innovation that lasts 👉 What’s the biggest roadblock you’ve seen when startups + enterprises try to work together? 🔗 Full article: https://lnkd.in/e8nRzSYY Ran Wei Baker Tom Davis Sally Ann Frank ShiSh S. Kevin Magee Stephanie Jorgenson, MBA Katra Cunningham, MSIMC

AI is past the novelty phase; scaling now depends on operational maturity. 🤝 In Fast Company, our Head of Microsoft for Startups, Hans Yang, shares how enterprises become startup-ready with flexible on-ramps and modular AI ecosystems, featuring Holistic AI partnerships in practice. If you lead AI adoption, this read is a practical playbook for faster integration and real outcomes. Read Hans’s article: https://lnkd.in/eh3zHAqH #MicrosoftForStartups #EnterpriseAI #StartupCollaboration

Kubiya.ai is scaling agentic systems with Azure AI Foundry. 💡 From real problems to working results in minutes, teams move faster and stay connected through a single Azure endpoint that supports routing, evaluation, and monitoring. Watch the full video: https://msft.it/6040sWM6j #MicrosoftForStartups #AzureAI #AI

Smarter model choices, fewer tradeoffs. 💡 GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry uses Model Router to pick the right model for each request across GPT-5, GPT-4.1, o-series, and reasoning options. Startups get better cost, speed, and quality from a single endpoint with built-in governance and monitoring. Read the blog: https://msft.it/6040sWzTs #MicrosoftForStartups #Azure #GPT5

Meet us at #NRFEurope. 🤝 Book 1:1 meetings with Pegasus founders solving real retail challenges. Request a meeting at mfsgtm@microsoft.com and learn more here: https://lnkd.in/erueTrY4 #MicrosoftForStartups #NRFEurope #RetailTech