Announcing the 2026 cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator

Announcing the 2026 cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator: India

Introducing 20 pioneering AI-first startups leveraging state-of-the-art technology to solve critical challenges—from climate resilience to developer infrastructure.

As the startup ecosystem rapidly transitions from language models to sophisticated agentic, multimodal systems, and brings AI to the physical world, Indian founders are leading the charge on this global technological frontier. Today, we are thrilled to announce the 20 groundbreaking AI startups joining the Google for Startups Accelerator: India 2026 Class marking the 10th anniversary of Google’s Accelerator programs.

Selected from a highly competitive pool of ~2,500 applications, these 20 AI-first startups are defining what’s next. The cohort reflects the deepening technical maturity of the ecosystem, solving high-impact challenges across climate, healthcare, developer workflows, and finance.

Through this accelerator, we are providing these startups with essential support, including access to the Google AI stack, alongside critical technical and go-to-market mentorship to help them move beyond foundational hurdles into scaled deployment.

India’s startup ecosystem is moving into a new frontier of agentic workflows and physical AI systems engineered to solve high-stakes, real-world challenges. As we mark a decade of Google Accelerator programs, the 2026 Indian cohort represents the vanguard of this technological shift. By equipping these pioneering founders with Google’s full AI stack and deep technical mentorship, we are not only accelerating their path to global enterprise scale but also cementing the sovereign capabilities required to advance the India AI Mission and build a resilient, inclusive digital economy.

Preeti Lobana

VP and Country Manager, Google India

Introducing 20 AI-first startups of the 2026 class

Adalat AI (Legal): Automates manual clerical tasks and accelerates case resolution across courts in India through an end-to-end justice tech stack.
Aikenist (Healthcare): Provides QuickSuite, a fast-growing AI tech platform that optimizes the end-to-end radiology process by up to 70%.
Aurassure (Climate): Utilizes a unified AI platform with modular sensors to deliver hyperlocal, real-time climate data.
Ayna (Fashion): Equips fashion brands with an AI Cataloging Engine (AI shoots & listing), enabling them to take products live in hours instead of months.
Binocs (Finance): Delivers an agentic AI platform that automates commercial due diligence and strategic advisory.
CraftifAI (DevTool): Builds AI infrastructure for the physical world through an agentic AI platform that automates embedded software development for EdgeAI, IoT, and FPGA devices.
Dodo Payments (Finance): Offers an all-in-one Merchant of Record platform purpose-built for AI-first and SaaS companies.
FelxifyMe (Healthcare): Helps patients recover from chronic pain with a unique combination of AI, physiotherapy, and yoga therapy.
Fitsol (Climate): Drives decarbonization for enterprises through carbon tracking, smart packaging, logistics optimization, and automated ESG compliance.
H2Loop AI (DevTool): Builds domain-specific coding models for system software engineers to improve debugging, code comprehension, and integration workflows.
Jidoka (Manufacturing): Builds automated inspection and process guidance solutions for manufacturing via an AI-first computer vision platform.
CreateOS by NodeOps (DevTool): Provides an enterprise execution layer for AI-powered software designed to unify the entire AI development lifecycle into a single platform.
OnFinanceAI (Finance): Builds AI agents for compliance, risk, and audit, helping financial institutions manage regulatory workflows end-to-end.
Pipeshift (DevTool): Operates an inference platform for AI in production, offering real-time agents and custom Model-as-a-Service for AI labs.
PotpieAI (DevTool): Builds a structured knowledge graph of code, logs, and workflows, enabling AI agents to reason over system context and assist with debugging and impact analysis.
Proxgy (Wearable): Merges IoT, SaaS, and AI as a Series-A deep-tech startup to digitize operations, unlock insights, and enable custom AI agentic workflows.
Soundverse AI (Media): Offers an AI agent platform for music creatives covering the entire music lifecycle—from idea to release—acting as one agent with infinite tools.
SuperBryn (Voice AI): Provides a voice AI reliability platform for the evaluation, observability, and continuous improvement of voice agents in production.
TartanHQ (DevTool): Builds an AI-native unified API platform to help enterprises connect with 80+ HRMS/Payroll systems through a single integration layer.
Zeron (Cybersecurity): Enables teams to build AI security agents that detect, prioritize, and fix risks in real time across code, cloud, and vendors.

The journey began last week with a high-energy, in-person bootcamp at our Google Bengaluru campus. Over the next three months, we will work closely with these companies to help them refine their products, optimize their architecture, and prepare for scaled deployment.

We extend a warm welcome to this promising new cohort, recognizing them not just as beneficiaries of our program, but as critical partners in building a future where advanced AI provides a decisive advantage in solving the world’s most difficult problems.

For further information on Google for Startups Accelerator programs, and to express your interest in future cohorts, please visit the program page here.

Announcing the 2026 cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator: India

Announcing the 2026 cohort of Google

Google has officially unveiled the 20 AI-first Indian startups selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator: India 2026 Class. Selected from a highly competitive pool of nearly 2,500 applications, this cohort marks the 10th anniversary of Google’s accelerator initiatives in the country. The program addresses India’s transition toward agentic workflows, multimodal systems, and physical AI. [1, 2, 3]

Program Overview

Structure: A three-month equity-free program that kicked off with an in-person bootcamp at Google’s Bengaluru campus. [2]
Support Provided: Chosen startups receive deep technical mentorship, architecture reviews, and access to Google’s full AI stack (including Gemini, Gemma, Imagen, Veo, and Lyria). [2, 4]
Strategic Alignment: Helps scale homegrown deep-tech products globally while contributing to the nation’s digital infrastructure goals under the India AI Mission. [3, 5]

Selected Startups by Industry Sector

According to reports from Storyboard18 and Analytics India Magazine, the selected companies operate across several core tech sectors: [5, 6]

Developer Infrastructure & Enterprise Workflow

CreateOS by NodeOps: Provides a unified workspace and execution layer to govern and manage the entire AI agent development lifecycle.
CraftifAI: Builds targeted solutions for enterprise process optimization and engineering workflows.
H2Loop AI: Specialises in constructing domain-specific coding models specifically tailored for system software engineers.
Pipeshift: Operates an AI inference platform that offers real-time agents and model-as-a-service frameworks.
PotpieAI: Develops dedicated code knowledge graphs to support automated debugging and deep codebase analysis.
TartanHQ: Provides an API platform that connects enterprise clients to over 80 distinct HRMS and payroll networks. [5, 7, 8]

Climate Tech & Manufacturing

Aurassure: Integrates AI frameworks with modular sensor arrays to provide granular, hyperlocal climate intelligence.
Fitsol: Creates enterprise-focused sustainability trackers for real-time carbon data visibility.
Jidoka: Engineering advanced computer vision technologies to automate defect detection and process control in factory environments. [5, 7, 9]

Fintech & Legal Tech

Adalat AI: Developing a custom digital justice tech stack aimed at automating administrative and clerical tasks in Indian courts.
Binocs: Utilises AI tools to automate complex financial compliance and merchant due diligence.
Dodo Payments: Automates financial transactions and payment processing infrastructure.
OnFinanceAI: Powers native AI agents that assist banking institutions with regulatory risk, auditing, and compliance. [4, 5, 7, 9, 10]

Healthcare, Media, & Wearables

Aikenist: Deploys its AI-powered QuickSuite platform to optimize complex hospital radiology imaging workflows.
Ayna: Enables consumer and fashion brands to generate instant, AI-driven product catalogs.
FlexifyMe: Uses artificial intelligence tracking to deliver customized solutions for chronic pain recovery.
Proxgy: Combines IoT hardware, enterprise SaaS, and AI to power operational field workflows.
Soundverse AI: Provides music creators with an end-to-end agent platform from initial concept to track release.
SuperBryn: Operates a dedicated framework for evaluating and monitoring production-level voice AI systems.
Zeron: Builds specialized cybersecurity agents to monitor and flags vulnerabilities across cloud and vendor codebases. [5, 7, 9]
Announcing the 2026 cohort of Google