Microsoft Korea (MS, CEO Lee Ji-eun) announced on the eleventh that it’s on the lookout for startups that may grow along with Microsoft by strengthening the advantages of the startup support program ‘Microsoft Launcher’.

Launched in August of last yr, MS Launcher is a program that supports problems of domestic startups and provides technical and financial advantages. It targets start-ups focused on developing software-based services or products with ideas, and currently greater than 200 domestic start-ups have applied.

MS Launcher provides advantages price as much as 500 million won to individual startups, including Cloud Azure credits, licenses, and technical support. Credits are paid differentially as much as KRW 200 million depending on the stage of idea, development, product launch and customer acquisition, and market expansion.

With Azure Credit, you need to use the ‘Azure OpenAI Service’ that may utilize AI models resembling ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Dali 2. Developer and business tools resembling GitHub Enterprise, Visual Studio Enterprise, MS 365, Power BI, and Dynamics 365 are also supported freed from charge.

Startups participating in this system are supplied with open AI and no-code software development platform ‘Bubble’ credits, providing opportunities to make use of services price $2,500 and $3,000, respectively, for six months. Existing MS 365 support advantages have also been upgraded to premium.

Business advantages have also been expanded. You need to use the platform for recruitment, education, promotion, etc. at a reduction or freed from charge. ▲ ‘Rotalk’, the No. 1 legal service platform in Korea ▲ ‘Modu’s Institute’, which creates a research culture that shares knowledge and grows together ▲ ‘Super Coder’, an overseas developer recruitment platform ▲ ‘Meal ticket ledger’, an worker meal solution ▲ IT of Code States It includes ‘Code Ship’, a specialized recruitment platform for job groups, ‘Super Pass’, a junior talent recruitment service, and ‘AIPR’, an AI-based media PR automation solution.

Also, following Megazone Cloud and Cloocus, S-Pin Technology joined MS Launcher as an operating partner.

As well as, some startups with lower than 10 employees are given the chance to maneuver right into a Seoul co-working space, reducing the burden of rent for the primary six months. It also provides opportunities to strengthen IR pitching capabilities by choosing startups that want to advance into the worldwide market.

Jung Woo-geun, head of Microsoft Korea’s digital native team, said, “In a couple of yr after the launch of MS Launcher, greater than 200 domestic startups are growing rapidly by profiting from the industry’s largest scale advantages. As we have now strengthened advantages resembling Azure OpenAI service, we expect to give you the option to support faster growth,” he said. “We’ll proceed to resolve the challenges we face with startups and strive to develop the startup ecosystem.”

MS Korea is all the time recruiting startups that need to take part in the launcher. More details will be found on the official website.

Meanwhile, MS Launcher is a program that adds advantages for domestic startups to the ‘MS Startup Founders Hub’, which was established based on real feedback received from 1000’s of founders world wide to create and maintain a startup ecosystem.

Reporter Juyoung Lee juyoung09@aitimes.com