# Ema Named Finalist in Two Categories at 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards

> Ema was named a finalist in two 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year categories, selected from more than 4,500 nominations for its AI Employee platform.

- Published: 2026-11-11T20:32:40+00:00
- Section: Business
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-11/ema-microsoft-partner-awards-finalist
- Source: [FinancialContent Business Page](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/gnwcq-2026-11-11-ema-recognized-as-a-finalist-in-two-categories-at-the-2026-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards)

## Key takeaways

- Ema is a finalist in the Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents and Startup of the Year categories of the 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards.
- The finalists were selected from more than 4,500 nominations submitted worldwide.
- Ema raised a $77 million Series B round led by Creaegis in September 2026.

Ema was named a finalist in the Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents and Startup of the Year categories of the 2026 [Microsoft](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000026e/microsoft) Partner of the Year Awards, selected from more than 4,500 nominations. The [FinancialContent Business Page](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/gnwcq-2026-11-11-ema-recognized-as-a-finalist-in-two-categories-at-the-2026-microsoft-partner-of-the-year-awards) published the announcement on November 11, 2026.

## Ema's Two Finalist Categories

[Ema](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000512/ema) is a Mountain View-based enterprise AI company founded in 2023 that builds autonomous "AI Employees" for HR, IT and finance work. The Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents award recognizes partners that build AI solutions using Microsoft Foundry and demonstrate impact through a specific customer use case. The Startup of the Year award recognizes a B2B startup that has brought an innovative solution powered by Microsoft technologies, including Azure, Power Platform or Microsoft 365, to market.

"Our customers run their HR, IT, and Finance work on AI Employees every day, not in pilots," said Surojit Chatterjee, CEO and co-founder of Ema. "Being named a finalist in both categories recognizes the customers who trust us with that work and the team that built it."

Microsoft's Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President Nicole Dezen said the honorees are "harnessing the power of Microsoft Cloud and AI to deliver transformative solutions." Other finalists announced the same day include Logic20/20, named a finalist for the Energy and Resources Partner of the Year Award, according to [EIN Presswire](https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/956066028/logic20-20-recognized-as-finalist-of-2026-microsoft-energy-and-resources-partner-of-the-year). TD SYNNEX won the Global Commercial Device Channel Partner of the Year award, [TradingView](https://www.tradingview.com/news/business_wire:84207aba7c6e3:0-td-synnex-recognized-as-the-winner-of-2026-microsoft-global-commercial-device-channel-partner-of-the-year-award/) reported.

## Ema's Funding and Partnership Record

Ema's September 2026 Series B round of $77 million was led by Creaegis, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records list a July 2024 Series A of $36 million led by Accel and S32 and a March 2024 seed round of $25 million led by Accel, Prosus Ventures and S32. In February 2026, Ema formed a strategic partnership with ADP combined with an ADP Ventures investment to build and deploy its AI agents across ADP's global HCM platforms.

## Ema's Path to the Microsoft Awards

Ema launched HR, IT and Finance hubs with pre-trained AI Employees in September 2026, The Manila Times reported. The platform integrates with more than 250 applications and includes Autopilot for dynamic workflows. In August 2026, Ema appointed Jonathan Feldman as Head of Revenue, Partnerships and Solutions to expand partner-led adoption of its agentic AI platform, Yahoo reported.

## Microsoft Ignite Dates

The 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced ahead of Microsoft Ignite, which will be held in San Francisco from November 17-20.

## Companies in this story

- [Ema company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000512/ema) · website: https://ema.co
- [Microsoft company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000026e/microsoft) · website: https://www.microsoft.com

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