MicroStrategy Celebrates Customer and Partner Awards and the Launch of Auto Express at its 27th MicroStrategy World

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MicroStrategy, a leader in AI-powered business intelligence, celebrated its 27th MicroStrategy World event in Las Vegas. Attendees engaged in various customer presentations, workshops, and product sessions, with over 60% building AI bots using Auto Express. Awards were given to partners like AWS and Cognizant, and customers like Bank of America and Bayer. The event also featured a keynote on using AI+BI to make data more accessible and a discussion on Bitcoin for Corporations. Plans for MicroStrategy World 2025 in Orlando have already begun.

Positive

• A successful 27th MicroStrategy World event was held in Las Vegas, attracting attendees from around the globe.

• Over 60% of attendees engaged in hands-on activities, building AI bots using Auto Express.

• Recognition was given to partners like AWS, Cognizant, and Snowflake for their exceptional contributions.

• Customer awards were presented to organizations like Bank of America and Bayer for their outstanding data and analytics practices.

• The event featured informative keynotes on making data accessible through AI+BI and a discussion on Bitcoin for Corporations.

Negative

• No negative aspects were highlighted in the press release.

Over half (60%) of attendees built an AI bot on Auto Express, a new 30-day free trial of MicroStrategy AI announced at World 2024

TYSONS CORNER, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MicroStrategy^® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a pioneer in AI-powered business intelligence, today announced highlights from MicroStrategy World 2024, which took place in Las Vegas, April 29 – May 2. Attendees traveled to the conference from six continents to participate in more than 70 customer presentations, workshops and product sessions.

Additionally, the majority of attendees built an AI bot with the recently released Auto Express, which is the trial version of Auto, a lightweight, embeddable bot that eliminates the need to train a custom bot on customer data. As a result, customers can embed data-driven AI assistants into any application, anywhere they are needed, to leverage any data. Auto runs on AWS, a World 2024 Titanium sponsor.

“It was a privilege to be part of such an exceptional event with MicroStrategy and its customers, and it was especially an honor for AWS to be awarded the Global Cloud Hyperscaler Award,” said Carol Potts, General Manager, US ISV Sales, AWS. “MicroStrategy and AWS share a core value of customer obsession, and that’s one of the many reasons our strategic partnership has been so successful over the past decade. I’m proud of all the growth and innovation we’ve achieved together and look forward to the next decade of creating transformative experiences for our customers.”

MicroStrategy's Partner of the Year Awards 2024

These awards recognize MicroStrategy partners who have made exceptional contributions and an unwavering commitment to driving innovation and customer success within the business intelligence industry.

• Global Cloud Hyperscaler Award: AWS
• Global Systems Integrator Award: Cognizant
• Technology Alliance Partner Award: Snowflake
• North America: iSeyon Analytics
• US Federal: Vertosoft
• Europe: Devoteam
• Middle East & Africa: Obase
• Asia Pacific: Mococo
• Latin America: Solar Insights

MicroStrategy Customer Awards 2024

These awards recognize organizations who demonstrated remarkable value in their data and analytics practices over the past year in partnership with MicroStrategy.

• Business Impact Award: Bank of America
• Intelligent Enterprise Award: Bayer
• Innovation Award: The Warehouse Group

For photos of the awards presentation and more information about each award, read MicroStrategy’s post, Cheers to our 2024 Customer Award Winners.

MicroStrategy World 2024 Keynote Speech

Phong Le, President and CEO of MicroStrategy, gave the World 2024 keynote, which is also now available for streaming. The keynote included strategic partners AWS and Microsoft, plus a customer panel joined by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. Department of State, and Vuori. Titled “Let the Data Lifeblood Flow,” Le’s presentation explored how to combat the 'big data stupor’ that workers experience from an overload of complex, non-actionable data by using AI+BI to make smart data more accessible to the frontlines. Chief Product Officer Saurabh Abhyankar then demonstrated how the latest release of MicroStrategy ONE uses generative AI to deliver the convenience, reliability and flexibility needed to create more innovative, high-performing organizations.

Bitcoin for Corporations

MicroStrategy World also featured Bitcoin for Corporations May 1-2. This event was livestreamed and attracted 100,000+ viewers. Bitcoin for Corporations provided a unique opportunity for corporate leaders, finance executives, and technology innovators to discuss the latest developments and institutional adoption of Bitcoin as an asset class. The keynote from MicroStrategy Chairman and Founder Michael Saylor, titled “Bitcoin: There Is No Second Best,” is also available for streaming. Other speakers included LightSpark’s CEO David Marcus; River Financial’s CEO and CTO Alex Leishman; Citibank's Head of Digital Assets Puneet Singhvi; Bitwise's CEO Hunter Horsley; Fidelity’s Director of Research Chris Kuiper; and Galaxy Digital's Head of Research Alex Thorn, among other industry leaders.

MicroStrategy World 2025

Planning is underway for MicroStrategy World 2025, which will be held May 5-8, 2025 in Orlando, Florida at The Signia by Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Orlando. Registration is now open at the MicroStrategy World 2025 website.

“World 2024 was an enormous success,” said Carla Fitzgerald, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at MicroStrategy. “We worked closely with our customers and partners to ensure each session delivered impactful content to empower and inspire our global community of users. More than half of attendees learned how to build AI bots with Auto Express, and nearly 400 meetings were conducted onsite with our technology experts and executives. The response has been overwhelmingly positive, and we’re already looking ahead to World 2025 in Orlando where we intend to deliver even more energy and innovation.”

For more information on MicroStrategy World 2025, visit https://www.microstrategy.com/world25.

About MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) considers itself the world’s first Bitcoin development company. The MicroStrategy software business develops and provides industry-leading AI-powered enterprise analytics software that promotes our vision of Intelligence Everywhere^TM. Our flagship cloud-native platform, MicroStrategy ONE, is trusted by the most admired brands in the Fortune Global 500 to drive business agility, efficiency, and revenue. We also use our software development capabilities to develop Bitcoin applications. We believe the combination of our operating structure, Bitcoin strategy and focus on technology innovation provides a unique opportunity for value creation.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy AI, MicroStrategy Auto, MicroStrategy ONE, and Intelligence Everywhere are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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FAQ

What is Auto Express mentioned in the press release?

Auto Express is a new lightweight, embeddable bot by MicroStrategy that eliminates the need to train a custom bot on customer data, allowing data-driven AI assistants to be embedded into any application.

Who won the Global Cloud Hyperscaler Award at MicroStrategy World 2024?

AWS was awarded the Global Cloud Hyperscaler Award at MicroStrategy World 2024.

When will MicroStrategy World 2025 take place?

MicroStrategy World 2025 is scheduled to be held on May 5-8, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.