The program accelerates AI-powered startup growth by enhancing app quality, security, monetization, and growth with Google Play’s product expertise and Google resources.

Selected startups tackle challenges across healthcare access, farming support, personalized exam prep, advanced sports coaching, faster payments for small businesses, and new gaming/entertainment experiences.

Notable performance references cite Vidyakul at 85–90% accuracy and Flick TV cutting production time by about 40%.

Additional cohort members span areas like sports coaching (Machaxi), productivity (Regain), invoicing (Swipe), online tutoring (UrbanPro), shopping-discovery (Zave AI), and credit-building (Zet).

Chaupal operates as a regional OTT platform with Punjabi, Haryanvi, and Bhojpuri content; MetaShot blends hardware with a digital platform for interactive cricket viewing; MindYourLogic Studios develops Indian-origin edutainment IP across mobile games, videos, and interactive media.

Other gaming-focused participants include ChennaiGames (mobile racing and multiplayer titles such as MR RACER), GAPE Labs (AI-first mid-core mobile games), and Plutus Labs (AI-enabled casual game creation and monetisation).

Founders will receive practical, hands-on guidance rather than direct funding and will retain full ownership of their businesses.

AI-led applications span exam prep, chronic disease management, sports analytics, rural commerce, financial services, productivity tools, and consumer shopping.

Past participants like Toonsutra, Vidyakul, Flick TV, and BigOHealth have previously leveraged Google AI tools to drive innovation.

The program runs for three months and selects 20 startups for the 2026 cohort.

The 2026 cohort features a diverse lineup of startups including Chaupal, ChennaiGames, Dalvoy, Frontier Markets, GAPE Labs, Grape, HeyDoc AI, Kisanwala, Lingopanda, LUZO, Machaxi, MetaShot, MindYourLogic Studios, MrMed, Plutus Labs, Regain, Swipe, UrbanPro, Zave AI, and Zet.

This announcement reflects a broader industry trend of tech giants expanding accelerators, cloud credits, and developer tools to back early-stage AI startups.