Microsoft has launched a programme for nurturing and scaling startups that are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). Microsoft AI Innovate is a 10-week initiative that will support startups in India leveraging AI technologies, helping them scale operations, drive innovation, and build industry expertise. Both B2B and B2C startups from diverse industries, including financial services, healthcare, education, agriculture, space, manufacturing and logistics, retail, and e-commerce, are invited to participate in the quarterly cohorts of this immersive program. Supported by TiE Mumbai, the launch cohort will kickstart in November 2021.

“AI is increasingly at the heart of digital transformation, and Microsoft is invested deeply in helping organisations transform through AI. More specifically, startups are the future signal generators for all of us and AI and ML (machine learning) technologies can help create disruptive models,” said Microsoft India president Anant Maheshwari during a fireside chat with Sandeep Singhal, co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners at the Microsoft event. “Our vision is to help every startup in every industry (doing) meaningful innovation into actionable results. It’s essential to support the ecosystem with the right programs, tools, and scaling.”