Ema Is a 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist in Two Categories
Mike PetersonPartnershipsEma has been named a finalist in two 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year categories: "Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents" and "Microsoft for Startups." The recognition reflects the idea Ema was built on: enterprise AI must complete work, not just assist with it.
Most enterprise AI is still stuck in pilots. Companies keep asking whether AI can work with their data, inside the systems they've built their operations around for two decades.
Today, we're sharing that Ema has been named a finalist in two 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award categories: "Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents" and "Microsoft for Startups." These awards recognize partners that have delivered measurable impact for customers and the broader ecosystem, selected from more than 4,500 nominations submitted from partners across more than 100 countries worldwide.
“Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards,” said Nicole Dezen, Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. “This year’s honorees are harnessing the power of Microsoft Cloud and AI to deliver transformative solutions, accelerate customer success, and expand what’s possible. Their ingenuity and impact inspire us, demonstrating what can be achieved when bold vision and technology come together to empower organizations around the world.”
AI Employees That Finish the Work Inside the Systems You Run
The "Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents" category recognizes partners that have built production-grade agentic AI on Microsoft Azure that runs real work at enterprise scale.
Enterprise AI has a persistent execution problem. Most platforms deliver AI that surfaces information, generates drafts, or makes recommendations. What enterprises need is AI that completes work: submitting the leave request, resolving the IT ticket, closing the finance period, onboarding the new hire. Most enterprise AI initiatives stall at connecting AI agents to the integrated systems of a real enterprise, with its data, compliance rules, and the people depending on the output.
Ema solves that with AI Employees, purpose-built agents that run HR, IT, and Finance workflows natively inside the systems enterprises already operate. SAP, Workday, ServiceNow, Oracle, UKG: the platforms enterprises have spent decades building processes around. For organizations already running Microsoft, Ema is available on the Microsoft Marketplace and deploys across the surfaces employees already use: Microsoft Teams, voice, employee portals, and existing applications.
Speed and scale are what differentiate Ema at the enterprise level. Hitachi went from idea to go-live in under eight weeks, across more than 20 systems of record. At Wipro, AI Employees support 240,000 associates across more than 65 countries, handling more than 2.9 million employee queries a year. Response times dropped from days to seconds. Employee satisfaction went up 20%.
Ema holds Solution Partner Designation for Industry AI from Microsoft and is built on Microsoft Azure to deliver the security, compliance, and scalability Fortune 500 environments require.
Built for Enterprise Requirements from the First Customer
Many startups add compliance controls, security certifications, and deep system integrations once revenue can pay for them. Ema built them in from the start, because large enterprises won't go to production without them. The "Microsoft for Startups" finalist recognition reflects that combination: a company that moves at startup speed while meeting enterprise requirements from day one.
Ema's 250+ integrations across ERP, HRIS, ITSM, and finance systems are built into the platform, with read and write access to most major enterprise systems. Ema's security and compliance posture was built in from the foundation, with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS 4.0.1 compliance documented at trust.ema.ai.
Enterprises evaluating agentic AI right now are under pressure to get pilots into production. Ema is built for that, with the security posture and integration depth that global enterprises need to sign off.
Bringing AI Employees to More Enterprises on Azure
"Our customers run their HR, IT, and Finance work on AI Employees every day, not in pilots. Being named a finalist in both categories recognizes the customers who trust us with that work and the team that built it. We look forward to continuing our work with Microsoft to bring AI Employees to more enterprises on Azure."
— Surojit Chatterjee, CEO and co-founder, Ema
Ema's work with Microsoft is focused on exactly that: making it faster and more accessible for enterprises to put AI Employees to work. In practice, that means integrations across Microsoft 365 and Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Azure, broader availability through the Microsoft Marketplace, and continued investment in the Azure infrastructure that lets Ema operate at global enterprise scale.
Meet Us at Microsoft Ignite
If you'll be at Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco on November 17-20, we're taking meetings all week. We won't have a booth, so book a time to talk through what AI Employees can do in your systems.