Google for Startups Announces Inaugural Gemini Founders Forum

Google is set to host its first-ever Google for Startups Gemini Founders Forum on November 11–12 at its Mountain View headquarters, bringing together the world’s most innovative startups building with Google Cloud’s AI stack, powered by Gemini. The two-day, in-person summit is designed to accelerate growth, address technical challenges, refine product strategies, and help startups scale globally with guidance from Google and DeepMind experts.

Nearly 1,000 applications were received from startups around the world. Today, Google officially announced the 53 pioneering companies selected for the inaugural cohort, spanning diverse industries and geographies.

The cohort includes:

• Akto (U.S.) – AI Agent and MCP Security solutions for enterprises.

• Arintra (U.S.) – GenAI-native autonomous coding platform for healthcare revenue assurance.

• ArlequinAi (France) – Trend detection and prediction in online social dynamics.

• Arvo (Brazil) – AI to prevent fraud, errors, and waste in healthcare.

• AttentiveAI (India) – AI-based solutions for construction and field services.

• Augmetec (U.K.) – Legal tech AI platform streamlining ethics, compliance, and regulatory reviews.

• Barkibu (Spain) – AI-powered pet health and insurance solutions.

• Baz (Israel) – AI coding platform addressing limitations of traditional code reviews.

• BforeAI (U.S.) – Cybersecurity startup shifting from reactive to predictive threat detection.

• BIOMAKERS (U.S.) – Precision oncology leveraging genomic datasets and tumor biobanks.

• Biorce (Portugal) – End-to-end AI platform for clinical trials.

• Birdie (U.S.) – Centralizing customer feedback to uncover pain points.

• Bonsai Robotics (U.S.) – Autonomous farm tractors and outdoor logistics rovers.

• BrainSightAI (India) – Neuroimaging AI for personalized brain health.

• Captur AI (U.K.) – Real-time image verification for mobile apps.

• Chapter Two (Sweden) – AI-powered music rights transactions.

• Clarifeye (France) – Generative AI-ready knowledge warehouse.

• Climate X (U.K.) – Global climate risk analytics for financial decision-making.

• Darwin AI (Brazil) – AI agents for business functions like sales and support.

• Drive Health (U.S.) – Conversational AI for healthcare engagements.

• Embat (Spain) – Automated treasury management software.

• Emy (Brazil) – AI-powered learning assistant for schools.

• Exactly.ai (U.K.) – Private generative AI models for brands.

• Faye (Israel) – Travel insurance and care platform.

• Fini (Netherlands) – Agentic AI for customer support automation.

• Forward Earth (Germany) – AI environmental management for supply chains.

• Frenetic AI (U.S.) – AI electrical engineer designing power systems.

• GalaxEye (India) – AI-powered Spacetech and satellite image analytics.

• Genesy (Spain) – AI-powered sales agent platform.

• Guidde (U.S.) – AI digital adoption platform for video documentation.

• Hirundo (Israel) – “Machine unlearning” platform to remove unwanted biases.

• Hyperfox (Belgium) – AI automation for B2B order entry.

• IdentifAI (Italy) – Solutions to combat deepfakes and fake news.

• InstaLILY AI (U.S.) – Multi-agent AI for workflow automation.

• Klavi (Brazil) – Open finance credit bureau.

• Klleon Inc (Republic of Korea) – Generative AI platform for digital humans.

• Lexter (Brazil) – AI-powered operating system for mass litigation.

• nPlan (U.K.) – AI for construction project forecasting and risk management.

• Olaclick (Peru) – Tools for SMB restaurant efficiency and growth.

• Pencil Spaces (U.S.) – Virtual classrooms and collaboration platform.

• PyannoteAI (France) – AI models for speaker separation in audio/video.

• RevEng.AI (U.K.) – Foundation AI models for software supply chain security.

• Sano Genetics (U.K.) – AI platform accelerating personalized medicine research.

• Sofía (Mexico) – Integrated healthcare provider with tech-driven solutions.

• SpotDraft (India) – AI-driven contract automation platform.

• Stashfin (India) – Technology-driven financial services platform.

• Toonsutra (U.S.) – Digital platform for webtoons, comics, and manga.

• Ventrilo.ai (U.S.) – Context-aware autocomplete Chrome extension.

• Vixtra (Brazil) – AI trade finance platform for SMEs.

• Waterplan (U.S.) – AI-powered water risk management for businesses.

• Wati.io (India) – WhatsApp-centric AI customer engagement platform.

• Wealth.com (U.S.) – Estate planning platform for wealth management firms.

• Zapia AI (Uruguay) – Messaging platform AI agent connecting buyers and sellers.

The forum builds on the Google for Startups Gemini Kit, which provides eligible startups access to up to $350,000 in Cloud credits, global Gemini API Sprints, and tools including Google AI Studio and Google Cloud Skills Boost. This initiative aims to empower founders to leverage AI at scale and transform industries worldwide.