The Microsoft Accelerator in Bangalore picks its latest batch of startups

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Published onSeptember 20, 2016

published onSeptember 20, 2016

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The Microsoft Accelerator in Bangalore, India will soon welcome a ninth wave of local startups. According to a report fromTech in Asia, 13 startups have been chosen to join the four months program designed to help participants work on their go-to-market strategy.

This time, the local startup accelerator selected later stage startups companies who mainly work in the artificial intelligence and/or data analytics fields. Five companies have already accomplished series A rounds, and more than half the selected startups have an international presence. Here are the 13 startups that will join the program:

Bala Girisaballa, CEO of Microsoft Accelerator in Bangalore explained to Tech in Asia why the startup accelerator mostly chose startups focusing on AI and data analytics:

We are at the cusp of a new era where everything is about intelligence. It’s no longer about automation, it’s about tons and tons of data and what we do with it… Give it another ten years, I think artificial intelligence and data analytics will be in the DNA of every company. I don’t think any company can be outside of this realm. This to me is a fundamental shift, and not just another vertical. It’s changing the sinew or fabric or DNA of every organization.

While the Microsoft Accelerator doesn’t take ram which takes no equity from the participants, it is important for Microsoft to remain a key player in the local startup ecosystem. Two years ago, a survey from theEconomic Timesrated the startup accelerator as the number one accelerator program in the region.

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