At the heart of French Tech, at STATION F, Microsoft unveiled the 12 winning startups from the first cohort of its Generative AI Startup Program: Welcome Account, MILVUE, YZR, Semji, Buster.Ai, Legalcluster, REVERS.IO, IA Medical, SmartGlobal, Veeton, BEYABLE and Stonly  .

Welcome Account is joining this programme with the aim of creating personalised virtual agents and democratising access to financial services for users for whom opening a bank account remains extremely complicated today  . We will also have the chance to be supported by partners such as Chanel and Clariane to develop concrete use cases.

“We wanted to highlight the creativity and energy of the French Tech ecosystem in generative AI. At Microsoft France, we are convinced: the transformative power of generative AI concerns all organisations! It should not remain confined to the technology sphere or to information systems, but should apply to all companies, in every sector.”

— Corine De Bilbao, CEO of Microsoft France 

🎯 A comprehensive support programme

This programme is part of Microsoft’s commitment to supporting startups in their acceleration and reinvention through AI. As Corine De Bilbao highlighted, the generative AI leader wants to closely support businesses, organisations and their work and creation processes, to help them dive into this new technological wave that is AI  .

Over 10 weeks, the selected startups will benefit from:

• access to the most innovative AI models available today (including via Azure OpenAI Services),

• Azure credits,

• a dedicated workspace at STATION F.

  They will also be able to take part in workshops, and benefit from technical and business support from Microsoft France and the programme partners  .

🔹 Technical partners:

• Cellenza, recently named Microsoft Azure Data AI Partner of the Year, will provide tailored technological support to startups and ISVs, as well as practical assistance in the event of technical issues  .

• Impact AI, a French think & do tank dedicated to ethical AI, will raise startups’ awareness of the societal challenges of AI, offer them tailored support, introductions and visibility at events and conferences  .

• STATION F, the world’s largest startup campus, will provide participants with the resources they need: a network of entrepreneurs and investors, exclusive events, mentors, public authorities…  .

🚀 Implications for Welcome Account

Thanks to this programme, Welcome Account is accelerating the development of its personalised virtual agents to make access to financial services simpler and more inclusive  . This partnership with Microsoft strengthens the project’s technological credibility while bringing innovation and expertise.

🔎 In summary

• Programme : Microsoft Generative AI Startup Program (10 weeks)

• Objective : creation of personalised virtual agents to facilitate banking integration

• Support : Azure OpenAI, Azure credits, STATION F workspace

• Partners : Cellenza, Impact AI, STATION F, Chanel, Clariane

• Added value : coaching, visibility, practical application in France among people in precarious banking situations

📌 This strategic partnership marks a decisive step for Welcome Account in its mission: **to democratise access to financial services for people for whom opening an account remains a challenge today.**