Google for Startups Accelerator Program: AI for Energy

Aims

• By supporting advancements in areas such as interconnection queues and carbon-aware infrastructure, the accelerator aims to drive innovation, sustainability, and reliability in the energy landscape.

Focus Areas

• This program focuses on grid optimization, demand flexibility and energy solutions for customers, including utilities and commercial entities.

Key Benefits

• Equity-free support
  • Equity-free support: For duration of program.
• Mentoring
  • Dedicated mentoring from Google teams.
• Training
  • Exclusive invitations to technical bootcamps hosted by Google where offered.
• Access to experts
  • Access to Google’s network of industry experts.
• Google product credits
  • Eligible startups receive product credits.
• Early access
  • Access to new Google products and tools as relevant.
• Strategic support
  • Support on company and product strategy.
• Technical project partnership
  • Work hand in hand with experts from Google on your biggest tech challenges
• Founder Network
  • Connect and learn from fellow founders, and access a peer-to-peer support network.

Program Duration

• The Accelerator runs for a period of ten-weeks with a mix of remote and in-person, 1-to-1, group learning sessions, and mentorship.

Eligibility Criteria

• Startups demonstrating traction, ideally between Pre-Seed and Series A stage with the HQ in Europe or Israel
• Building a scalable product or service with a significant total addressable market and defensible growth model
• Deeply technical and leveraging AI and/or machine learning
• Commitment from CEO and CTO and/or technical roles to participate and engage in required program sessions
• Building solutions related to:
  • Utilities, grid operators, and energy developers,
  • Demand flexibility and optimization, or
  • Energy solutions for industrial, commercial, residential, and cloud customers
• They are committed to building accelerator classes with great startups, and encourage applications from all qualified startups

For more information, visit Google for Startups.