Microsoft and Founderz: A Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Training

Founderz has maintained an active collaboration with Microsoft since 2023, focused on developing artificial intelligence training. This partnership combines Founderz’s educational methodology with Microsoft’s technology, technical expertise, and partner network. It has resulted in training programs, initiatives providing free access to AI education, and joint projects for a wide range of audiences, including professionals, businesses, public administrations, educators, students, and people with no previous technology experience.

How the Founderz and Microsoft Collaboration Began

Our relationship with Microsoft began when we joined the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, which gave us access to Azure, technical guidance, and technology support to develop our AI-powered learning models. Since then, the partnership has expanded in two directions: first, the integration of Microsoft tools and content, such as Copilot and Power Platform, into our programs; and second, the joint development of free training initiatives for different audiences across multiple countries.

Microsoft and Its Network of AI Training Partners

Microsoft supports an ecosystem of partners across areas such as security, data, business applications, and training, with the goal of accelerating the adoption of technology, including artificial intelligence, among businesses, institutions, and individuals. Within this ecosystem, Microsoft recognizes selected partners each year through the Partner of the Year Awards, which recognize commitment to innovation, digital skills development, and the use of Microsoft technology to create impact.

Our collaboration also forms part of a broader global Microsoft objective. Through the Microsoft Elevate initiative, the company has committed to providing more than $4 billion in AI and cloud technology and resources over five years to schools, universities, and nonprofit organizations around the world. As part of this initiative, Microsoft has set a goal of helping 20 million people earn an AI skills credential within two years. Training partners such as Founderz are part of the network of organizations through which Microsoft delivers these types of initiatives in individual countries.

This effort reflects a broader transformation of the labor market. According to LinkedIn’s 2025 Work Change Report, 70% of the skills used in most jobs today will have changed by 2030, with AI as one of the main drivers of that change. In this context, AI training is no longer optional and is becoming part of the core skill set expected of both professionals and students.

Founderz, Microsoft Worldwide Training Partner and Best Training Partner

Founderz is part of Microsoft’s partner ecosystem as a Worldwide Training Partner, a category that requires meeting specific technical and educational quality standards established by Microsoft for the design of training programs.

In 2025, Founderz was also recognized as Best Training Partner at the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards in Spain, an award recognizing partners for their ongoing commitment to innovation, digital skills development, and the responsible adoption of AI in professional and educational environments.

Why Our Partnership with Microsoft Matters to Founderz

This collaboration enables us to keep our programs aligned with the real-world evolution of the AI tools used in professional environments, while benefiting from Microsoft’s technical expertise in their design. It has also given us access to larger-scale projects and collaborations with public administrations and other organizations that would have been more difficult to develop independently.

This work together has contributed to Founderz surpassing 700,000 students trained in artificial intelligence.

This places us among Europe’s leading AI schools, with programs delivered across multiple countries and adapted for professionals, businesses, public administrations, and students.

What the Partnership Offers Students, Professionals, and Businesses

For those who study with us, this collaboration means access to programs that are kept up to date with the AI tools Microsoft develops, certificates that can be added to professional profiles such as LinkedIn, and, in most cases, the opportunity to hear directly from professionals within the Microsoft ecosystem as part of the programs.

For businesses, it provides access to team training featuring content connected to the Microsoft ecosystem, including Copilot and Power Platform, designed to be applied to real tasks and processes in day-to-day professional environments.

It is important to clarify the scope of this collaboration: we are responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the training programs. Microsoft, in turn, provides technology, technical expertise, institutional recognition through our partner status and, in certain programs, a certificate of completion associated with the collaboration.

Founderz and Microsoft Programs and Initiatives

Our collaboration with Microsoft has led to a range of online programs and initiatives focused on artificial intelligence education, skills development, and awareness, aimed at professionals, businesses, public administrations, educators, students, and anyone interested in developing AI skills.