Two Indian start-ups receive Microsoft grant

To help scale their solutions & business models to increase affordable internet access in communities around the world

Microsoft Corporation announced that it has awarded Affordable Access Initiative grants to 12 entrepreneurial businesses globally, including AirJaldi and Zaya Learning Labs in India to help scale their solutions and business models to increase affordable internet access in communities around the world.

Each of these companies will receive seed grants, and resources including BizSpark tools such as free software, services and technology support to help extend the reach of their hardware, applications, connectivity and power solutions.

In India the grant received by AirJaldi and Zaya Learning Labs will enable them to use the resources to address rural connectivity and make world class education accessible by investing in machine learning and offer more personalised learning solutions to students respectively, according to Microsoft.