In this informal livestream‑style video, the creator excitedly announces that they have been named a Microsoft AI MVP for 2021‑2022. After a brief technical check, they share their screen to display the official congratulatory email, expressing overwhelming joy and gratitude. The speaker reflects on a challenging previous year, frames the award as a personal “Oscar moment,” and emphasizes their belief in Microsoft’s work on AI democratization, ethics, and responsible technology. They thank their community for support, discuss how the recognition fuels their motivation to produce more content and inspire others, and close with an uplifting message about perseverance and moving forward.
Chapters
Hey everybody, I have some huge news, gigantic, amazing, incredible news, um, but I want to give a couple people across my channels a chance to jump on. I also need to make sure that you guys can hear me and see me because this, uh, is a new— I'm on a new computer, a different computer than I'm typically on, and last time I did this, the audio didn't really work very well. I'm going to go and check. So if you are seeing me on LinkedIn, just give me a tiny little shout out and let me know that you can see me and hear me. I'm going to wait for you. Hopefully there'll be one person who can escape from their day on a Friday and be like, hey, this is such big news. Okay, you can hear me. Awesome. The end. You're my friend. I'm so grateful for you. Okay, cool. So we are good to go. This news is amazing. I don't know. I hope you guys will be as excited about it as I am. So, hey, Benito, how are you? My children might come in. I actually don't even care because it's such good news. Thank you so much. Okay, cool. So we are ready to go. I— yesterday was a big day for me. I didn't actually know because I'm not an awesome email checker. I know this about myself. I admit it about myself. I work on it every day. And so what I want to do is just share with you what I ended up— like today I got this follow-up email and I'm like, wait, what just happened? So let me share with you the gigantic news. I'm going to share my screen. It's going to take a second to do it, but let me make sure that the right thing is on. Here we go. I'm sharing my screen, clicking my screen. Here we go. Are you ready for this? It's huge. Ba-bam! So Microsoft has this program, for some of you, you know it, called the MVP program. And I, look, it says congratulations. So I am the new AI MVP for Microsoft for 2021 to 2022, which is phenomenal. I am so excited, beyond excited. Last year was such a hard year. I've been trying really hard to just kind of get back to who I was and what I wanted to be focused on and what I wanted to do. And this is kind of a little nod from the universe that I, uh, I am back. So this is so cool. Anyway, I am so excited, I cannot tell you. This is just incredible. Um, and of course, like, I've been working on this not this specific thing, but I'm a huge believer and fan of what Microsoft is doing in the space of AI and in the democratization of AI and how we can, you know, implement like all of the things like ethics and responsible use of technology, all things that Microsoft cares a lot more about than any other company that I've worked with or for. And so I am just so excited to be able to just add this to my platform of things I get to share with you this year. So I hope you can clap along with me and just be excited with me. It's a Friday. It's an amazing, amazing announcement. I am just so happy. So thanks to everyone who believed in me, right? This is my Oscar moment. So thank you to the Academy. But really, this just like the last— I got an award last year, maybe the year before, and I was like, you know what? This just makes me want to step up my game as opposed to maybe what Some people would see where they instead— oh, I'll go back and stop sharing my screen now so you can see my face. But yeah, it's so exciting. What an amazing moment. But yeah, so many people sometimes sit back on their laurels. They're like, I got my award, I'm good. But it actually triggers the exact opposite in me. Like, how can I do more, say more, inspire more? So it is such a crazy thing. My socials are blowing up. This is awesome. Thanks for being part of this moment with me. Thank you for calling me. And you guys are amazing. Thanks for being part of my community. I look forward to sharing this new kind of sage with you and have amazing day. And just know that no matter how big bad things can seem, the good is just on the other side. Just keep going one step at a time. Keep moving forward. I'm here for you. And I think you're amazing. So have a great day. I'm so excited. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna have to figure out how to calm down, or maybe not.
