São Paulo, December 5, 2019 – Microsoft has entered into a partnership to provide training to students and professionals in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The agreement was signed with ABMES (Brazilian Association of Higher Education Institutions), Bett Educar, and the Movimento Brasil Digital. The signing, which took place during the AI + Tour, a Microsoft artificial intelligence event, is part of Microsoft’s initiatives aimed at training a total of approximately 25,000 people in AI in Brazil. 

The partnership involves developing a schedule of activities and jointly promoting Microsoft’s free AI training initiatives, offered on the AcademIA portal through courses and webinars ranging from basic to advanced topics, as well as providing access to the AI Business School, which is geared toward non-technical learning with a focus on digital business transformation.

In addition, the AcademIA training program calls for the joint development of a curriculum adoption plan for the training and certification of professionals in Microsoft’s AI technologies. Microsoft will provide technical experts specializing in the technology for in-person or digital events and presentations. Through ABMES (Brazilian Association of Higher Education Institutions) alone, 30 higher education institutions will be selected to participate in the pilot phase of the AI training program,  

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Microsoft enables digital transformation in the era of the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The company has been in Brazil for 30 years and is one of the 110 subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, founded in 1975. Since 2003, the company has invested more than R$451 million to provide technology free of charge to 5,757 NGOs in Brazil, benefiting numerous social projects. Since 2011, Microsoft has supported more than 7,000 startups in Brazil, with investments totaling more than US$202 million in cloud credits.