Google for Startups

What is the one practical rule for a first-time founder starting in 2026? According to Husayn Kassai (ollo), it all comes down to the severity of the problem you are solving. If the pain point is massive and alternatives don't exist, early customers won't just buy your product—they will be patient as you build and refine your prototype. In the first episode of ‘Founders on Founders’, Husayn Kassai and Amy Thomson (Moody Month) sit down in the Google Cloud studio to discuss the things founders usually keep off-record, including: 🔹 The "hack" that actually unlocks funding. 🔹 How to spot a "good" investor vs. just any investor. 🔹 The reality of selling a company and facing an exit. 🔹 Why trust is a competitive advantage in the age of AI. Watch the snippet below, and catch the full episode here: https://goo.gle/4rW0187

We break down five structural shifts that move AI from pilot projects to real enterprise impact. Most teams eventually hit the same wall: 📉 Usage stalls 🧩 Workflows fragment 📊 ROI gets questioned If production AI is on your 2026 roadmap, this isn’t optional. Which layer of your system is under pressure right now? ⚙️

Running GPUs 24/7 regardless of demand is an expensive MVP habit. Disciplined founders refactor early. 💪 Two places to start: ⚙️ Take inference to Cloud Run: Auto-scales during spikes, drops to zero when offline. You pay only for the milliseconds your code runs. ⚡ Use Gemini Flash for easy tasks, Pro for heavy lifting: Flash for fast, cheap formatting and extraction. Pro for reasoning. Same product, better margin. What’s the first line item you’d refactor? 👇

100+ founders. Three leadership-defining days. Real technical progress. ⚙️💪 At the 2025 Americas Accelerator Alumni Summit in Mexico City, our alumni didn’t just reconnect; they shared scaling breakthroughs, pressure-tested architecture decisions, and exchanged the hard-earned lessons that only operators understand. Google for Startups Accelerators are built for growth-stage founders ready to: 🛠 Solve real technical blockers alongside Google engineers 🚀 Strengthen product and infrastructure for scale 🎯 Go deep on customer acquisition, design, and leadership 🌎 Join a global alumni network that compounds over time Ready to level up? Find an Accelerator in your region: https://goo.gle/3NEhSCl #AcceleratedWithGoogle

Production-ready AI starts with rigorous evaluation. 🤖✅ Most founders hit a wall when moving from a demo to a live environment: Enterprise trust. Without a way to measure model behavior at scale, deployment stays grounded. Galileo is solving this by turning Gemini models into use-case-specific AI judges. It’s a masterclass in high-accuracy, low-latency evaluation that doesn’t break the budget. Snackable learnings for founders: 👉The "AI Judge" framework: How to automate QA with agents that understand your specific business context. 👉Performance at scale: Using Gemini to maintain high fidelity while reducing the cost-to-serve. 👉The production roadmap: Why automated evaluation is the fastest way to hit "publish." Stop guessing. Start shipping. 🛠️ Watch the full deep dive: https://goo.gle/4bxHrwU

If you’re building autonomous agents, this technical deep dive with Ivan Nardini (Google Cloud) and Alex Notov 🇺🇦 (Anthropic) is your blueprint. They’re breaking down how to build high-reasoning agents using Claude on Vertex AI. Founder takeaways: ✅ Memory architectures: How to design systems that don't "forget" mid-workflow ✅ The reasoning loop: Enabling agents to plan, self-correct, and execute complex tasks ✅ Production scaling: Moving beyond the prototype using the core pillars of agent architecture Stop guessing your agent's next move. Build it with intent. 🛠️ Watch the masterclass on demand: https://goo.gle/3NBr1f4

AI isn’t replacing teams. It’s joining them. Amit Shah, founder and CEO of InstaLILY AI, shares how his startup builds AI agents that work alongside humans inside real enterprise workflows, powered by Google’s AI stack. In this conversation, Amit covers how founders can: 🤖 Turn AI into real teammates for sales and operations 🧠 Design for context with Google Workspace and Drive 🔐 Build AI that meets enterprise standards from day one What else did you take away from Amit? Drop some knowledge below. 👇

"AI isn’t an afterthought—it’s the foundation." 💪🇧🇷 Guilherme Berardo, cofounder and CEO of Sami, is proving that when you wire AI into the core of your platform, productivity doesn't just grow—it compounds. By embedding the Google AI stack (Gemini, Vertex AI, and NotebookLM) into their health-tech workflows, Sami is hitting milestones that every founder dreams of: 💨 Workflow velocity: five-hour processes slashed to under 30 minutes ⏱️ Real-time precision: Prescription validation that used to take minutes now takes seconds 👩⚕️ Clinical clarity: A 360-degree, standardized view of the member journey for every doctor The takeaway for founders: Don't just "add" AI. Build with it. When AI lives inside your workflow, complexity drops and your team’s impact skyrockets. See the full breakdown of how Sami scales on Google Cloud: 👇 https://goo.gle/4bOnmDK

Stop stitching tools together. Start building a system. ⚙️ Join Ishana S. and Monique Sullivan to learn how to architect a true text-to-production pipeline. In this hands-on webinar, you will: 🎯 Orchestrate Nano Banana Pro and Veo into a seamless production flow 🎬 Turn static assets into cinematic 1080p+ video 📈 Scale creative production without scaling complexity 🗓 March 19, 2026 ⏰ 9:00–10:00 AM PDT Register for the webinar: https://goo.gle/GenMedia8

14 startups. Ten weeks. One mission: Scaling the future of AI in Canada. 🇨🇦🚀 We are thrilled to announce the 14 companies selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Canada cohort. These startups aren't just building apps; they are solving complex challenges across health, fintech, sales tech, and beyond. What does it mean to be #AcceleratedWithGoogle? Over the next ten weeks, these teams will move past high-level theory and get into the technical trenches. They’ll work one-on-one with Google engineers and industry experts to: 🛠️ Direct access: one-on-one sessions with Google engineers 📈 Refine product strategy: Sharpening their roadmap for global scale 🧠 Advance AI integration: Leveraging Google’s AI stack to build smarter, faster, and more secure It all leads to Demo Day, where these innovators will showcase the future of Canadian tech. Meet the cohort and see who is building the next generation of AI: https://goo.gle/4djEfaz