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Annie Pearl

Corporate Vice President
Azure Experiences and Ecosystems
Microsoft

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AI-Powered Startups:
How Microsoft Azure is Fueling the Next Wave of Innovation

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Atom icon for The AI Conference 2023, a groundbreaking two-day event on AGI, LLMs, Infrastructure, Alignment, AI Startups, and Neural Architectures.Join Annie Pearl for an exclusive insight into how Microsoft is reshaping startup ecosystems with cutting-edge AI. In this session, she will explore key patterns in AI adoption among startups leveraging Azure services and reveal how Microsoft is empowering the next wave of AI-driven innovation.

Brain icon for The AI Conference 2023, a groundbreaking two-day event on AGI, LLMs, Infrastructure, Alignment, AI Startups, and Neural Architectures.

Discover what Azure uniquely offers to startups at every stage of their journey, from ideation to scaling advanced AI solutions. 

Session takeaways: 

  • Microsoft enables startups to build AI at any stage, from inception to the most sophisticated models in the world. 
  • How Microsoft works with Founders through Founders Hub, the premier destination for startups seeking personalized guidance, free credits, and services tailored to their business needs. 

About | Annie Pearl

At Microsoft, Annie leads a global team committed to helping current and future customers discover, engage, and build with AI capabilities on Microsoft’s Cloud. Annie oversees key products within Azure including the Azure Portal, Mobile, Clients, and Copilot experiences, where she is responsible for providing a unified end-to-end experience that helps customers create transformative AI-driven solutions. Additionally, she is responsible for developing an ecosystem that supports startups, students, and developers building on Azure through products like Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub and Microsoft Learn, along with dynamic developer and skilling communities. Under her guidance, Annie's team delivers a holistic customer experience from comprehensive Azure onboarding to sustained expert guidance, skill development, and community support to ensure sustained innovation and growth on the Microsoft Cloud.

Annie has over 15 years of tech leadership experience across startups and established enterprises. Before joining Microsoft, she served as the Chief Product Officer at Calendly, where she led the product strategy and execution that rapidly propelled and established the platform as a market leader. As Chief Product Officer at Glassdoor, she shaped the product vision for millions of job seekers and employers around the world. Annie led Enterprise product teams at Box and significantly contributed to the company’s growth during its pre- and post-IPO phases. She started her career in tech as a founding member and VP of Product at Xpert Financial, an early-stage financial services startup. She also has experience as a lawyer and management consultant before making her mark in the tech industry.