New Delhi, July 8 (IANS). Google on Wednesday announced the 2026 batch of the Google for Startups Accelerator: India programme, selecting 20 AI-first Indian startups from nearly 2,500 applications. The announcement was made on the occasion of completion of 10 years of the company’s accelerator programs in India.
The new startup cluster is an indication that India’s startup ecosystem is no longer limited to large language model (LLM) based applications, but is increasingly moving towards agentic and multimodal artificial intelligence systems. The selected startups are developing solutions for sectors such as healthcare, climate technology, financial services, legal services, manufacturing, cyber security and developer tools.
According to Google, the selected startups are building next-generation AI-based products that solve complex real-life problems as well as make AI a part of physical environments and enterprise workflows.
Under the accelerator program, these startups will be provided with Google’s artificial intelligence technology, technical guidance, product development support and go-to-market mentorship to expand their business globally.
Commenting on the announcement, Preeti Lobana, Vice President and Country Manager, Google India, said that India’s startup ecosystem is now entering a new era where agentic workflows and physical Artificial Intelligence systems are capable of solving critical real-world challenges.
He said, “India’s startup ecosystem is entering a new era of agentic workflows and physical AI systems that are developed to solve real and critical challenges. Marking 10 years of Google Accelerator programs, the Indian batch of 2026 is the harbinger of this technological transformation.”
The 2026 batch includes startups from multiple sectors.
A legal tech startup called Adalat AI is developing an end-to-end AI based justice platform to automate the clerical processes of courts and increase the speed of disposal of cases.
Healthcare startups Akenist and FlexifyMe are using artificial intelligence to improve radiology workflows and chronic pain recovery, respectively.
Climate sector startups OraSure and Fitsol are developing AI-based solutions for hyperlocal climate monitoring, carbon tracking and enterprise sustainability.
Fashion technology startup Aina is helping brands create AI-based product catalogues, while financial sector companies Binox, Dodo Payments and OnFinanceAI are using AI to automate due diligence, merchant services, compliance and risk management.
Startups working for developers CraftifyAI, H2Loop AI, CreateOS by NodeOps, Pipeshift and TartanHQ are developing artificial intelligence based infrastructure, coding models, software development platforms and enterprise integration solutions.
Manufacturing startup Jidoka is building AI-based computer vision systems for automated inspection, while Proxgy, a wearable technology company, is digitizing enterprise operations by combining artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and Software as a Service (SaaS).
The batch also includes Soundverse AI, which is developing AI-based tools for music creation. While SuperBrain is working on increasing the reliability of voice AI systems, cyber security startup Geron is developing AI-based security agents to identify and remove vulnerabilities in software and cloud systems.
–IANS
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