14 firms to get market-ready, thanks to Mircosoft

BENGALURU: Microsoft has selected 14 late-stage startups to be part of its accelerator programme, the 11th cohort since its inception in 2012.

The startups will work closely with Microsoft Accelerator team to boost their enterprise readiness and go-to-market activities.

Indonesia-based artificial intelligence startup kata.ai, is the first non-Indian startup which has been selected to participate in the accelerator programme. The startup has built a chatbot which speaks and understands Indonesian language for customer engagement.

The 14 startups that have been selected in this year's cohort are Clonect, Ace Turtle, VideoKen, Kata.ai, Simplilearn, Udaan, Docswallet, MegDap, Liv.ai, KrypC, i-exceed, GIEOM, Hotelogix, and MintM. During the programme, the startups will work with the accelerator team to improve their enterprise readiness, market strategies and leverage on Microsoft's customer and partner network.

They will also gain access to Microsoft's tech stack and Azure technologies to make use of its advanced cloud services.