Google for Startups Program: AI First (India)

It is a three-month equity-free accelerator program for AI First startups between Seed to Series A based in India, that are building core AI products/applications or foundational models.

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.

Eligibility Criteria

• Startups demonstrating traction, ideally between Seed and Series A stage
• Startups based/headquartered in India
• Building a scalable product or service with a significant total addressable market and defensible growth model
• Deeply technical, leveraging technologies like machine learning and AI
• Startups building core AI products (especially agentic, multimodal, thinking/reasoning, or other unique Generative AI applications) or foundational models, have potential Google AI use cases
• Commitment from founder(s) and/or relevant people from startups to participate and engage in required program sessions
• They are committed to building accelerator classes with great startups, and encourage applications from all qualified startups

For more information, visit Google for Startups.