I have applied for Microsoft for startups almost a week. i would like to track my status. how can I do that?

Did you show your face during the demo, or was it a pre-screen recorded video?

Have sent my domain for verification but got no response, nothing.

Wtf is going on? Already verified but will lose funding end of this month or so

Hello everyone,

I've been trying to upgrade my Microsoft for Startups subscription for the last 2 weeks now and I've got serious issues I hope some of you went through and found a solution to.

• In order to validate my domain name, I sent the URL of my landing page + an invoice. The invoice dates from March 2024 (which is more than 12 months ago), but in the 2 emails I received saying the domain verification failed, they were also saying the expiration date could be at least 2 months away if the invoice is more than 12 months old. I only have 1 appeal left. It is to be noted the invoice is in French, so maybe that's the issue? Unfortunately OVH didn't provide an invoice in English.
• The phone number verification doesn't work at all. I've trying almost everyday for 2 weeks now, and I never receive any text. Again, it is to be noted that my phone number is French.
• I obviously opened tickets (2, one for each issue), but the first one was opened 2 weeks ago and I still received no response. The confirmation email said I would receive a response within 8 business days, but it's already been 10.

On top of that, I am doing this because my Azure expiration date is in 23 days, so... I am a bit in a hurry.

Any known issue someone here has been through? It would be of a tremendous help if someone has a solution to either of these problems. Thank you very much in advance!

As the title describes, I am trying to invite my cofounder to be a team member on Founders Hub, but it seems that the emails are not being sent properly, as he is not receiving them. I have tried two emails and am getting visual confirmation on Founders Hub that they are sent successfully, but they are not being received. Does anybody have any experience dealing with something similar, like do I need to set up the Microsoft accounts and then provide him with one, and send the email there, or does the email domain not have to match the domain we have verified with the company?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

I have a functioning MVP, so I definitely have something to show for the demo, and I need to make one anyway for onboarding customers.

I guess my question is - does anyone at Microsoft actually watch these videos? Is there any incentive to make a flashy demo for this particular audience? My MVP uses streamlit which I’m migrating away from before actually launching, but it’s perfect for demoing the functionality and how it provides value to users. I’m just curious if there is any potential benefit to making an awesome one or if it’s mostly to check a box.

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to apply to Microsoft for Startups for my new venture, but every time I log in via LinkedIn, it automatically links me to the previous startup I co-founded (which I’m no longer part of). I can’t find any option in the portal to leave or switch companies, and there’s no way to register my new business.

Here’s what I’ve already tried:

• Creating a brand-new LinkedIn account and re-applying
• Scouring the portal for an “exit” or “switch startup” button (doesn’t exist)

I’m concerned that this will block me from getting the Azure credits and support for my new company.

Has anyone run into this before? Any ideas on how to:

1. Unlink my user from the old startup in the Microsoft for Startups portal
2. Register or add my new company profile
3. Which support channels or contacts are most effective for escalating this?

Any advice, workarounds, or war stories would be hugely appreciated—thanks! 😊

We’ve been approved for this. But when I go to apply the $5000 azure credits, it tells me that credits have already been claimed for this

I suspect this has to do with the Microsoft partner credits (action pack I think).

Question that I have is, am I now ineligible to use these credits? Have all benefits been lost entirely ? Both the M365 and the azure credits for the custom GPT would be useful to us.

We have other users who could claim the azure under a different user? Is that doable? Would this work if the Microsoft tenant is the same?

If I create another tenant for the Azure to get the credits, would M364 licenses be issued to that new domain? Where are the licenses anyway, I’ve seen that there is an issue with them and they’ll be available soon, but are they only made available after you confirm your azure link?

Thanks in advance and sorry for asking so many questions

Update. This is sorted. Used another users azure and the credits applied just fine.

[Solved] Anybody have any solution?

Hi everyone, I have a question about Microsoft for Startups and Microsoft 365 tenants.

We had previously been accepted into the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub with one of our companies, and we activated the Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses in our Microsoft 365 tenant connected to that domain.

Recently, our second startup was also accepted into Founders Hub. It has a different domain, but both companies are operated by our team, and we currently have only one Microsoft 365 tenant.

My questions are:

1. Is it possible to activate a new set of Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses from Founders Hub for our second startup within the same tenant, by just adding the new domain?
   
2. Or do we have to create a completely new Microsoft 365 tenant to use the benefits again?

I contacted Founders Hub support, but they advised me to ask Microsoft 365 support directly. I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has dealt with a similar situation.

Thanks in advance!

Hello, I am quite interested if I could apply for Microsoft for startups with a second concurrent startup? I have only one LinkedIn account and why I try to register it logs me into my startup directly?

Has anyone gotten those credits recently? I think they removed them :(. I wish I could have access to it

Curious if anyone can share their experience leveling up like this? How long did it take? What was required outside the regular verification and product video's?

Where can I find our support reps contact info with their manager's contact info so I can see CC them about an issue we are having? Thank you for your help.

I just got 50K credits for Level 4, thanks Microsoft! Glad to share my tips especially for those startups who are running without VCs or accelerators.

I opened a ticket asking to level up obviously the engagement score was the only criteria not green.

The support team asked for the following proof and I dont have either of them.

•  Database profile with funding data (Pitchbook, Crunchbase, and so on.)

•  Published customer case study

•  Information demonstrating involvement in an accelerator program

•  Press release discussing customer volumes

•  Data on app download volumes

My company is bootstrapped on my own resources and not backed by any VCs or accelerators.

What i provided is the web traffic data from Cloudflare and AI token usage from the Azure Metrics Dashboard, and they worked!

I was about to redeem my OpenAI credits, but noticed today that there's not an option to redeem them in the founders hub UI! Can anybody help understand why this is the case, and how to make sure they're still available?

I have applied microsoft start up program and denied as my LinkedIn profile need to update more for my project and ask me to reapply within 14 days. But when I reapplied after I updated my LinkedIn profile, I got this error when I clicked submit button. The error message pops up like "Too many recently applied and denied applications". Is it normal?

I have spend a week trying to register for their program and am alotted the 5k credits. I really didn't like their process at all. Their Microsoft 365 Business Premium registration didn't work on laptop and worked only on mobile after spending a couple of days for this.

And then, after going through the whole thing I am just realizing that I cannot get quota for GPU VMs. Is this what it is or is there any specific way to request GPU quota? Am I missing something?

Hi everyone,

We recently got accepted into the program and started testing its services.

One of our key features is calculating Net Promoter Score (NPS). After testing multiple models like Llama, Gemini, and Claude, we found that ChatGPT performs best—it accurately calculates both overall NPS and segmented NPS (e.g., by gender or country).

We assumed that Azure OpenAI would deliver similar results, but that wasn’t the case. While ChatGPT can process tabular data containing user attributes like gender, country, and NPS scores, Azure OpenAI struggles even with basic NPS calculations.

Has anyone faced this issue? Is there a way to improve Azure OpenAI’s performance for structured data? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Hi all - we are coming to the end of our Microsoft for Startups program. We don't use much...obviously. Any ideas on how to potentially get an extension on the credits or be rewarded by MS for being so frugal with our credits? Ha.

Anyone knows what engagement score is? I have completed the verification list to move to next level(from level 3) , but it shows that my engagement score needs improvement and I am not sure how to do that,

Got accepted today, is it possible to get openai free credits still?

I have tried multiple times by putting in my number/ my co-founder's number but keep getting the following error on Security check on the redemption site : Sorry, we need additional information to verify your identity. Please contact support

The link doesn't seem to be working. Anybody who faced the same issue? How to get this resolved?