M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
@M12vc
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Our mission is to accelerate the future of technology through investments, insights, and meaningful partnership with Microsoft.
San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2016
☎️ Calling all B2B AI innovators! With a $250,000 investment, free Azure AI infrastructure, and access to top-tier advisors, the Alt Capital Generate Program is the opportunity you've been waiting for. Apply by May 5th! https://t.co/syRZ1ToTnT
#Microsoft #AltCapital #Startup
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YC W24 companies like Sync Labs have instant access to GPUs for fine tuning and training foundation models, and get $500K in credits so they don't even have to touch their balance sheet to show results like this below. You don't have to start with $100M on day one in AI
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Congratulations to @carli_stein, named to the 2023 @joinEVCA List recognizing the top 25 emerging stars in venture capital. We’re thrilled to see Carli featured on this data-driven list. We couldn’t be prouder! 🦄
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@Microsoft and @typefaceai join forces to integrate generative AI technology into Dynamics 365 Customer Insights to make content creation easier for marketers.
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Microsoft and Typeface join forces to integrate generative AI technology into Dynamics 365 Customer Insights to make content creation easier for marketers.
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Major news indeed. Congrats to @typefaceai and @MSFTDynamics365 on this exciting partnership!
Major news – Harness Typeface's personalized AI directly within@MSFTDynamics365 Customer Insights • Start with your campaign goal • Get a centralized project board & brand kit • Create & activate cross-channel campaigns in one workflow Learn more: https://t.co/Hci2UaW5zR
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Exciting to see support for innovation among next gen #AI startups continues!
Exciting news for AI-first startups! We're expanding startup access to Microsoft’s AI infrastructure, offering free tailored GPU virtual machine clusters.
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Congratulations to our portfolio company @authomize on your acquisition to @DelineaInc!
@DelineaInc has acquired @authomize to detect and mitigate identity abuse with intelligent, dynamic privilege security. Learn more in a blog by Delinea Chief Product Officer Phil Calvin: https://t.co/aYPin1RzXk
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We're excited to announce our new M12 brand for 2024! This reflects our mission to invest in innovation, support our portfolio companies, and leverage @Microsoft's resources. Thanks to MonsterDesign for the amazing work. Check it out at https://t.co/oZWlcVrIT8!
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Right back at ya @APompliano! Thanks for the opportunity! Bang bang!
Microsoft’s VC arm is one of the best corporate venture capital firms on the planet. I sat down with @peter to talk about artificial intelligence, OpenAI, bitcoin, software, and where he is investing capital now. Listen:
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We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett
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Thanks to @ScottMcGrew for having our Global Head, @michhgonz, on the latest episode of the Sand Hill Road podcast. Hear her thoughts on M12’s expansions into the #generativeAI space and how we work with @Microsoft to support our portfolio companies.
https://t.co/gI3jjcHdUZ"
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Podcast Episode · Sand Hill Road · 11/09/2023 · 28m
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Microsoft is committed to empowering startups to build transformational products and services powered by AI. Today we are unlocking access to additional Azure AI infrastructure for model training and inference for @YCombinator and @M12vc startups.
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Today Microsoft is updating its startup program to include a free Azure AI infrastructure option for high-end GPU virtual machine clusters, for use in training and running large language models and...
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Congratulations to our portfolio company @inworld_ai in this exciting partnership with @Xbox
Today, we announced a partnership with @Xbox. With the advent of generative AI, there’s an opportunity to leverage cutting-edge innovations to foster limitless creativity and unparalleled immersion. #AI #gamedev #indiedev
https://t.co/fHp56zghEJ
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Thank you @PitchBook for the opportunity to talk to @michhgonz about OpenAI and our new strategic focus | PitchBook https://t.co/wtFmbDaJVG via @PitchBook
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M12 announced a significant strategy shift to prioritize strategic investments earlier this year.
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@Microsoft will have a new feature experimentation service within @Azure. And guess who’s technology is powering it under the hood? Read what's coming to Azure App Configuration in 2024: https://t.co/gC9kcQ5h2w
#Microsoft #MicrosoftAzure #developers #abtesting @msPartner @msdev
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We're honored to be recognized as a 2023 Intelligent Applications 40 winner! Thank you @MadronaVentures, @AWSstartups, @Microsoft, @NYSE, @McKinsey, and @PitchBook. See the full list and request an invite for the #IASummit happening on Oct. 11: https://t.co/ykfcz7y0PY
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Today we launched the @Microsoft San Francisco AI Co-Innovation Lab. This is a place where we can unleash our AI potential and grow together. Read how startups, including our portfolio companies Artificial and @SpaceandTimeDB, are innovating here
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Microsoft's investment unit, M12, has gone through a strategic change in direction since Michelle Gonzalez, global head, joined in 2021. Gonzalez spoke to GCV about why she chose to change the way it invests in #startups. https://t.co/okSUt10LXZ
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