Googleβs latest startup program, introduced on Wednesday, goals to deliver AI expertise to the general public sector. The newly launched βGoogle for Startups AI Academy: American Infrastructureβ will supply individuals hands-on coaching from AI specialists and different help for corporations fixing issues in areas like agriculture, vitality, training, public security, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, city improvement, and extra.
Over the course of twelve weeks, startups taking part within the equity-free program shall be guided by an AI curriculum developed by Googleβs Individuals + AI Analysis (PAIR) crew and can take part in superior gross sales and go-to-market workshops. Theyβll additionally be capable to entry trade connections and, in fact, faucet into Googleβs AI instruments as they construct.
The startups that graduate from this system will then be part of the alumni group which already contains different infrastructure-focused corporations like JustAir, which makes use of AI to observe air air pollution; Cambio, which focuses on decarbonizing business actual property; and Sensagrate, which works to cut back visitors fatalities.
Google says that it’ll choose startups utilizing AI to spice up productiveness and remedy issues throughout a variety of industries, together with not solely the above, but additionally catastrophe prevention, surroundings and sustainability, good manufacturing and logistics, public security, water administration, workforce improvement, and financial alternative.
The deadline for functions is June 17.
Whereas a lot focus is on the AI corporations constructing the fashions, instruments, and interfaces for working with AI, a concentrate on real-world functions of the expertise may affect communities on the native, state, and nationwide ranges, Google believes. The corporate is encouraging startups to use even when theyβre in a roundabout way centered on these industries however are working in any method to create extra environment friendly and equitable public companies.
