At the heart of Paris' FrenchTech, STATION F F, Microsoft unveiled the 12 winning startups from the first class of our Generative AI Startup Program 🚀 : Welcome Account 🏦, MILVUE, YZR, Semji, Buster.Ai, Legalcluster, REVERS.IO, IA Medical, SmartGlobal, Veeton, BEYABLE and Stonly.
Welcome Account joins the program to create personalized virtual agents and democratize access to financial services for users for whom access to a bank account is currently extremely complicated. We will also have the chance to be coached by partner companies such as Chanel and Clariane on concrete use cases.
"We wanted to showcase the creativity and bubbling of French Tech on generative AI. At Microsoft France, we're convinced that the transformative power of generative AI concerns all organizations! It should not be confined to the technological sphere or to information systems, but should apply to all businesses, in all sectors."
Corine De Bilbao, CEO of Microsoft France
This program is part of Microsoft's commitment to supporting startups in the acceleration and reinvention of their businesses through AI. And as Corine De Bilbao reminded us, the leader in generative AI wants to be as close as possible to companies, organizations, and their work and creative processes, to help them plunge into this new technological wave that is AI.
The Generative AI Startup Program will enable selected startups to benefit from a range of advantages over a 10-week period: access to today's most innovative AI models (notably via Azure OpenAI Services), Azure credits and a dedicated workspace at STATION F. The winning startups will also be able to take part in workshops and benefit from technical and business support from Microsoft France and the program's partners:
- Cellenza, a consulting firm recently named Microsoft's Azure Data AI Partner of the Year, will provide selected startups and ISVs with personalized support for each project, as well as technological support for the problems encountered. Cellenza has worked with numerous customers in a wide range of sectors, and will be sharing its vision and experience.
- Impact AI, France's leading think & do tank for ethical artificial intelligence, brings together an ecosystem of AI players around two common objectives: to address the ethical and societal challenges of AI, and to support innovative, positive projects for tomorrow's world. The Impact AI collective will raise startups' awareness of the application of responsible AI principles. In addition, the collective will offer them personalized support, networking opportunities with their ecosystem, and increase their visibility by including them in events and conferences.
- STATION F, the world's largest start-up campus, will provide access to all the resources that selected start-ups and ISVs might need to develop their solution (a community of entrepreneurs and investors, exclusive events, public administrations, mentoring offices, etc.).
Microsoft' s official LinkedIn page has dedicated a post to introducing Weclome Account and our ambitions for AI Generative inclusive.
