At Brainydaps Technology Limited, we operate a hybrid business model: one half delivering AI services to clients, the other half building our AI products. For a while now, the services side has been carrying the company. Today, we're thrilled to share two milestones that officially open the door to the product side, and we're walking through it with the backing of Microsoft and the certification of Google Play.
Brainydaps Technology Limited has been officially business-verified by Microsoft and accepted into the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub.
Verification is more than a badge. It means Microsoft has reviewed Brainydaps as a legitimate, operating company, and it opens access to a programme designed to help early-stage startups build on Azure without burning through cash before they've found their footing.
Verification has immediately unlocked $5,000 in Azure credits, out of a total $150,000 in available credits, leaving $145,000 still pending that we can unlock as we hit the programme's growth milestones.
What this gives us in practice:
Compute and AI infrastructure for our products, powered by Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI, with no upfront cost
Room to experiment, so we can prototype, test and iterate without every API call feeling like a line item
A clear runway of up to $145,000 in additional credits as the business grows, so our infrastructure scales with our ambition rather than depending solely on our revenue
Access to the Founders Hub ecosystem: technical guidance, mentorship and partner benefits that help a small team operate like a much bigger one
For a lean startup, this is exactly the kind of support that turns "we'd love to build that" into "we're building that this week."
The second milestone is about knowledge, and it belongs to our founder, Adedapo Adeniran.
Adedapo recently completed the Google Play Academy Store Listing Certificate, a programme that covers everything an app publisher needs to understand about Google Play: store listing best practices, developer policies, content guidelines, monetisation rules, and the many ways a well-intentioned app can be rejected or removed if the publisher doesn't know the rules.
Google Play Academy Store Listing Certificate
Shortly afterwards, he received a special invitation to Google Play Academy Ignite 2026, a closed, invite-only programme that goes deeper into Google Play's policies, terms and conditions, and the practical strategies for not just launching an app, but making it successful on the platform. He has since completed the programme, earning a certificate issued on 19 September 2026 and signed by Urvi Palav, Head of Google Play Academy. Along the way he also attended Google's Live Expert Session for New Developers, getting direct answers from the Google Play team.
Why does this matter so much to us? Because publishing on Google Play can be unforgiving when you're new. Policy violations, poor listings and compliance gaps sink good apps every day. We now have a founder who has been trained, twice over and by Google itself, on how to avoid those traps and how to position our apps to win.
Google Play Academy Ignite Certificate
Put the two side by side and the picture becomes clear:
Microsoft has given us the infrastructure to build.
Google Play has given us the knowledge to publish and succeed.
That is everything a product business needs to start on solid ground. Brainydaps Technology Limited is now officially preparing to publish our first apps on Google Play, marking the formal beginning of the product side of our business.
Our AI services aren't going anywhere. They remain the foundation of what we do and the engine that funds our ambitions. But from today, Brainydaps is building products too.
Our Google PlayStore Developers PageIn the spirit of lean startup principles (validate quickly, spend wisely, learn constantly), we're also in active conversations with several companies that can help us grow smartly:
Internship programme partners, so we can bring in emerging talent, give them real product experience, and grow our team sustainably
Media outreach specialists, who help startups connect with publications and get the visibility a good product deserves
Nothing is finalised yet, and we'll share more as those conversations mature. But the principle is simple: we'd rather build a small, well-connected, well-supported company that ships than a bloated one that doesn't.
Over the coming months you can expect:
Announcements about our first apps heading to Google Play
Updates on how we're putting machine learning features and Azure AI services to work inside those products
News on partnerships, internships and the people joining the Brainydaps journey
To Microsoft for Startups and Google Play Academy, thank you for the support and the education. To our clients, partners and followers, thank you for being with us from the services phase into the product phase.
This is just the beginning.
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