Google Cloud has collaborated with Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), the Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC), and the Startup and Innovation Hub of Ho Chi Minh City (SIHUB) to establish an AI startup innovation corridor in Southeast Asia and from the region to Silicon Valley.
Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia is a new cross-border initiative designed to empower founders to develop and commercialise proprietary agentic AI products.
Ben King, managing director, Google Singapore, said: “By connecting founders and developers with best-in-class resources and global tech hubs through the innovation corridor, we’re providing them with a clear runway to commercialise frontier AI at scale.”
Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia
The program offers an in-person residency in California, where founders can engage in technical deep dives at Google’s campuses in Mountain View and San Francisco. Participants will connect with venture capital firms along Sand Hill Road and in Palo Alto, enabling them to test and refine their products while fostering valuable peer collaborations for international growth.
Startups in the program receive full-stack AI capabilities, early access to cutting-edge technologies, technical upskilling, engineering advisory services, and ecosystem support. They will also showcase their products to venture capitalists and investors during a Google-hosted demo day and startup summit in Singapore.
Applications are now open for the inaugural cohort of 25 startups to join the equity-free, three-month Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia program starting in August 2026.
