Extension of 1 month

Pratik Khanapurkar 0 Reputation points

Dear Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub Team,

Thank you for your continued support through the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub program. We truly appreciate the assistance provided so far, which has played an important role in helping us build and scale our product on Microsoft Azure.

We would like to respectfully request an extension of our Azure sponsorship credits for an additional 30 days , as we are currently in a critical product development and deployment phase.

About Our Company

DestinPQ is building AGENTS of agents

Our platform is focused on copilot agents with the goal of helping our customers .

How We Are Using Azure

Azure serves as the core infrastructure for our platform, and we are actively utilizing several Azure services, including:

  • Azure App Service / AKS / Virtual Machines — for hosting application services and APIs
  • Azure SQL / Cosmos DB — for application data and workflow management
  • Azure Blob Storage — for secure storage of files, media, and documents
  • Azure OpenAI / AI Services / Cognitive Services — for AI-powered features and intelligent workflows
  • Azure Machine Learning — for model training, experimentation, and deployment
  • Azure DevOps — for CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

Reason for Extension Request

Our team is currently at an important stage of development where we are:

  • Finalizing product development and infrastructure optimization
  • Preparing for beta / pilot deployments with customers
  • Conducting testing, validation, and performance improvements
  • Scaling AI/ML workloads and cloud infrastructure
  • Working toward commercialization and production readiness

An extension would provide the necessary runway to complete these milestones and transition toward sustainable production usage on Azure.

Our Commitment to Azure

We intend to continue building and scaling our platform on Microsoft Azure as our long-term cloud infrastructure. Our application architecture, deployment pipelines, databases, and AI workloads are already deeply integrated into the Azure ecosystem.

Microsoft’s continued support during this stage would significantly help us accelerate product readiness and grow into a long-term Azure customer.

Summary

We sincerely request your consideration for extending our Founders Hub sponsorship credits for [requested duration]. The support from Microsoft has been extremely valuable in helping us progress from development toward real-world deployment and customer adoption.

Please let us know if any additional information or documentation is required from our side.

Thank you once again for your time, consideration, and support.

Best Regards,

Pratik Khanapurkar

CTO DestinPQ

Email : ******@destinpq.com

  1. Suchitra Suregaunkar 14,595 Reputation points • Microsoft External Staff • Moderator

    Hello Pratik Khanapurkar

    We are looking into this issue and will keep you posted updates.

    Thanks,

    Suchitra.

  2. Bharath Y P 9,730 Reputation points • Microsoft External Staff • Moderator

    Hello Pratik Khanapurkar, Thanks for sharing the context—requesting an extension to your Azure sponsorship credits makes sense given you’re in an active build/deploy phase.

    That said, based on the provided documentation, Azure monthly credits have a fixed validity window:

    • Azure monthly credits are valid for only 13 months from the date the benefit was provisioned.
    • You can check the expiry date on the Azure credits benefits pages.
    • After the 13-month window, free monthly Azure credits stop automatically, and you’d need to convert the subscription to the Pay-as-you-go model to keep running resources.
    • If the credits have already expired, you may receive an email with instructions to convert within 30 days.

    What you can do next (from the guidance)

    1. Check the expiry date of your Azure monthly credits on the Azure credits benefits pages.
    2. If the credits are within the 13-month validity window, then an extension request might be something the program team can review, but the key point is that the policy is time-bounded.
    3. If the credits are past the 13-month expiry, then you generally need to remove the spend restriction and convert to Pay-as-you-go (the docs also reference doing this in the Azure portal).

    Hope this helps, Thanks

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