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Google has partnered with Accel to invest in India’s youngest AI startups. Through Accel’s Atoms program, the two will put up to $2 million into each startup, with both contributing $1 million each.
The deets: startups chosen for the program will get $350,000 worth of compute credits, early access to Google Cloud, Gemini and DeepMind models, and regular mentorship from both Google and Accel teams. They’ll also get to attend learning sessions in London and the Bay Area. As part of the investment, Google will take a stake in each selected startup.
Why this is big: this is Google’s first partnership of this kind anywhere in the world, and it chose India because of its massive user base and strong engineering talent.
With global AI firms entering the country and more investors backing early AI ideas, India is quickly becoming a serious place to build next-gen AI products.
