Two Canadian startups receive grants from Microsoft's AI for Accessibility initiative BetaKit

Two Canadian startups have been named grantees of Microsoft's AI for Accessibility initiative, a $25 million, five year grant program launched last year to help NGOs, academics, researchers, and inventors accelerate their work for people with disabilities. "We have a huge opportunity and a responsibility to be making technology smarter and more useful for people with disabilities." AI for Accessibility wants to amplify human capability for people around the world with disabilities, by funding relevant projects that leverage and apply AI technology. The program is part of Microsoft's broader AI for Good initiative. This new round of 11 grantees brings the total projects included in the program to 32, which are spread across 13 countries.