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# Haiper AI's two co-founders leave London AI video start-up for Microsoft
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-21-haiper-ai-founders-join-microsoft/
- Published: 2025-03-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:42.000Z
- Description: Haiper AI's chief executive Yishu Miao and co-founder Ziyu Wang left the London generative-video start-up for Microsoft around 21 March 2025, after its cash reserves fell from GBP 10.9 million to GBP 3.5 million and its lead investor's director quit.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [BusinessCloud, 21 March 2025](https://businesscloud.co.uk/news/confusion-as-ai-video-startups-co-founders-leave-for-microsoft/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that Haiper AI has formally closed or that Microsoft hired the pair for a related product, since the company still listed them as active directors.

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