Google for Startups

Google for Startups hosted an incredible group of startup founders and tech leaders in San Francisco for the AI Startup Leaders Forum. 👏🏼 The energy in the room was electric as we dove deep into the roadmap of Google’s AI products. 🥅 The goal? Giving founders the inside track, tools, and insights they need to align their vision with the next wave of AI innovation and scale faster. A massive thank you to all the brilliant minds who joined us, shared ideas, and are pushing the boundaries of what's possible!

Ready to build the next generation of generative media? 🚀 Building a production-ready AI application means nailing the architecture. The technical library in the latest Startup technical guide: Generative media lets you skip the guesswork and get right to work with pre-built architectures designed to power bold, multimodal experiences. You’ll get the exact blueprints, core stacks, and infrastructure layouts to build tools like: 🖼️ Brand arcades: Scaling localized marketing images using Gemini & Nano Banana Pro. 🎬 Autonomous storyboarding: Converting raw scripts into fully rendered video by chaining Agent Development Kit (ADK), Director Agent (Gemini Pro) and Veo. 🎵Reactive soundtracking: Generating bespoke, royalty-free background music by pairing Gemini Pro with Lyria. 👉 Grab the models, tools, and infra frameworks used by top-tier startups. Download the free guide here: https://lnkd.in/eyjtYHeC

What happens when founders from different industries spend a day comparing notes on AI? 🤝🛠 At the Gemini Startup Forum, the conversations went far beyond the stage. Founders left with new ideas around edge intelligence, multimodal models, agentic systems, and the relationships that make building easier. Which one of their insights resonates most with you? ⬇️

AI is reshaping every industry, but founders are turning its potential into real products, workflows, and businesses. ⚙️🛠 Each month, we're spotlighting founders putting AI to work in practical and unexpected ways. Here are five builders to watch right now. ➡️

Se a IA vai fazer o trabalho pesado, qual será o diferencial da sua startup no futuro? 🤔 Para ajudar você a descobrir, usamos o NotebookLM para resumir os dados do nosso novo relatório, “O futuro da IA: perspectivas sobre a mídia generativa para startups”. Nele, experts do Google e founders de sucesso revelam as tendências de mídia generativa que vão fazer de você o diretor criativo do seu negócio. 👉 TL;DR: Vá direto aos insights de destaque. Acesse o resumo em áudio aqui https://goo.gle/4vwRiv0 #GoogleForStartups #StartupsBrasil #Inovação #IA #IAgenerativa #FuturodaIA #NotebookLM

The creative AI moat has shifted. It’s no longer just about standalone apps—it's about building context-aware workflows that deliver synchronized media at scale. 💡 🗓️ Join Shai Alon and Hussain Chinoy on July 22nd for a deep dive into the Startup technical guide: Generative media. We'll provide the blueprint for moving from experimentation to production. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eiJRK9iX Key takeaways will include: ✨ How to build with Google DeepMind’s generative media models 🏗️ Architectural blueprints: See how to deploy dev-ready workflows for use cases like storyboarding and brand asset fusion. 🔁 Automated QA loops: Discover how to use Gemini-as-a-Judge and Gecko autoraters to self-correct generated media and maintain quality at scale. Don't miss out on the technical library and actionable guidance you need to build multimodal apps right!

The goal: make the expertise of a top-tier esports coach accessible in real time. Hear how Sam Mathews, Founder and CEO of Fnatic, is reimagining competitive gaming with AI. The startup is using Gemini and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI) to analyze massive volumes of gameplay data and power a network of specialized AI agents, from drafting and strategy to gameplay and meta analysis. How do you see AI shaping the future of competitive gaming? 👇

With Gemma 4, builders are creating offline tutors, vision-powered storytellers, and games that evolve alongside the player. Same model. Completely different outcomes. 🦾 Learn more about how builders on X like @hubxstudios, @measure_plan, and @GOROman are turning open models into real products: https://goo.gle/44rAOJA

The generative media landscape is moving far beyond simple API integrations and static outputs, shifting into an era of neural interfaces, bi-directional model communication, and fully autonomous, end-to-end agent workflows. ⚙️ For technical founders, surviving and maintaining product differentiation means looking past the low-hanging fruit. We tapped eight AI pioneers, investors, and Googlers to dissect how these architectural shifts will rewrite the startup playbook. Dive into the full breakdown in ‘Future of AI: Perspectives on generative media for startups’: https://goo.gle/4euE8cM

The energy was unmatched as we wrapped up Google for Startups Immersion, powered by Antler India 🚀 The program culminated with an exclusive, in-person cohort of 30 top-tier AI startups. 🙌 Founders walked away with not only the technical tools to scale, but with a community. From architecture whiteboarding sessions with Google Customer Engineers to deep-dive tracks on GTM and fundraising strategy, the collaboration in the room was palpable. Huge congratulations to the incredible founders who joined us—we can't wait to watch you build the future of AI!