Anna Veklich, former head of strategic communications at ITMO, and Pavel Belov, former head of innovation at Megafon, received a $150,000 Microsoft grant.
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@GPT4Telegrambot is a neural network aggregator on Telegram Messenger (GPT-4, Claude 3, Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Suno). It was founded by Anna Veklich, Pavel Belov (CEO) and Ilya Shrader (CTO). The project was launched in January 2023 and is used by 13 million people worldwide today. The bot’s daily audience is 600 thousand users.
Another project that will receive funding from Microsoft is @EDU4Telegrambot. This is a free course on how to effectively apply neural network technologies in everyday life and work. The project was created in June 2024.
The grant from the American technology giant was received within the framework of the Microsoft for Startups program. To participate in it, projects must present a business idea and a ready-made website, as well as demonstrate growth in performance and revenue confirmed in English-language media, a video about the product and the presence of a legal entity abroad.
The $150,000 received will be used to pay for access to OpenAI neural networks. The grant allows the funds to be used solely for Microsoft resources.
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