Microsoft
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
Up to
$150,000
Azure + OpenAI · Up to 4 years, milestone-based
Open to solo founders, no VC or referral needed. About 10 minutes to apply, approval is near-instant.
Takes ~30 seconds. One-click magic link, no password — we’ll bring you right back to this claim.
Verified
What you get
- Azure
- Azure OpenAI Service
- GitHub
Best for
- LLM apps
- Azure OpenAI
- infra
How it works
The application
- Time to apply
- ~10 min
- Review
- Instant baseline tier
- Difficulty
- 1/5
The program
- Duration
- Up to 4 years, milestone-based
- Renewal
- One-time
- Credit type
- Mixed stack
Who qualifies
- Stage
- Any
- Funding
- None — solo founders accepted
- Solo founder
- Welcome
- Entity
- Not needed
- Referral
- Not needed
- VC backing
- Not needed