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Google for Startups
Technology, Information and Internet
San Francisco, California 232,249 followers
Connect with the right people, products, and best practices to help your startup grow.
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Startups are solving the world’s important challenges with agility, innovative technology, and determination. Google is proud to help. So whether you’re starting out, building your startup, or scaling up to meet the needs of consumers, business, and society, we connect you with the right people, products, and best practices to help you thrive and grow.
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Catch the latest installment of the AI workshop with Ayo Adedeji and Qingyue(Annie) Wang as they deep dive into building infrastructure for specialized multi-agent orchestration.
In our last AI workshop, we built multimodal agents that could process images and video. Now, we’re building the infrastructure that lets those agents solve complex, large-scale problems. Join Ayo Adedeji and Qingyue(Annie) Wang Wang for part 2 of our hands-on AI workshop as we build a production-grade rescue system. We’re moving beyond simple prompts to show you how to: - Build a Survivor Network using Cloud Spanner Graph. - Master Hybrid Search combining semantic embeddings with keyword data. - Integrate Long-Term Memory using Vertex AI Memory Bank for personalized agent interactions. - Visualize the Mission with a 3D interactive graph in React. This is a deep dive into the architecture of specialized multi-agent orchestration. Don't just build a bot, build a system. Join us live for this 90-minute technical workshop on March 31 at 9 AM PT/12 PM ET.
Hands-on AI workshop: Graph RAG, Memory & Multimodal Agents
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Users begging for product access? 👀 That is the ultimate test for product-market fit. For Husayn Kassai (ollo), the shift happened the moment users started emailing him to ask when the product would be ready. For Amy Thomson (Moody Month), PMF meant hitting a 95% accuracy rate in their "weather forecast" for hormones—predicting user moods perfectly. Watch the snippet from the Google Cloud studio below, then catch the full episode of ‘Founders on Founders’ to hear them discuss the things founders usually keep off-record: 🔹 The "hack" that actually unlocks funding. 🔹 Spotting a "good" investor vs. just any investor. 🔹 The reality of selling a company. 🔹 Trust as a competitive advantage in the age of AI. Watch the full conversation here: https://goo.gle/3PEWqOw
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Automate routine support tickets with a Customer Success Agent. 🎟✅ Step 1: Define the role “Role: You are the frontline customer success agent for our SaaS platform. Your primary goal is to provide accurate resolutions to routine user issues.” Step 2: Write the employee handbook “Rule: If a refund request exceeds $50, immediately escalate to human support.” Step 3: Give it the right permissions “Access granted: Stripe API (read-only) and internal ticketing system.” Step 4: The probationary period “Action: Simulate 100 edge-case prompts. Confirm de-escalation and refusal behavior.” Step 5: Launch your agent Now routine tickets resolve instantly and your team can focus on shipping product. Dive into the full buildout 👉
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How do you scale an AI executive assistant to millions of users? 🤖📈 Nicolas Loeff, cofounder and CTO of Zapia, breaks down how they built a messaging-based agent entirely on Google Cloud. By using Cloud Run and dynamic Gemini model routing, they balance deep reasoning with high efficiency. The "right model for the right problem" approach: 🧠 Gemini Pro: For complex reasoning and real-world task execution. ⚡️ Gemini Flash/Lite: For seamless, cost-efficient user "chit-chat." The results: ⭐ 4.8 app rating driven by reliable task execution. 📈 92%+ conversation satisfaction in live production. 🌎 Millions of users served across Latin America. If you’re building an AI agent, this is a clear blueprint for scaling smart from day one. Watch the full conversation on YouTube 👉 https://goo.gle/3PstyJf
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What is the one practical rule for a first-time founder starting in 2026? According to Husayn Kassai (ollo), it all comes down to the severity of the problem you are solving. If the pain point is massive and alternatives don't exist, early customers won't just buy your product—they will be patient as you build and refine your prototype. In the first episode of ‘Founders on Founders’, Husayn Kassai and Amy Thomson (Moody Month) sit down in the Google Cloud studio to discuss the things founders usually keep off-record, including: 🔹 The "hack" that actually unlocks funding. 🔹 How to spot a "good" investor vs. just any investor. 🔹 The reality of selling a company and facing an exit. 🔹 Why trust is a competitive advantage in the age of AI. Watch the snippet below, and catch the full episode here: https://goo.gle/4rW0187
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We break down five structural shifts that move AI from pilot projects to real enterprise impact. Most teams eventually hit the same wall: 📉 Usage stalls 🧩 Workflows fragment 📊 ROI gets questioned If production AI is on your 2026 roadmap, this isn’t optional. Which layer of your system is under pressure right now? ⚙️
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Running GPUs 24/7 regardless of demand is an expensive MVP habit. Disciplined founders refactor early. 💪 Two places to start: ⚙️ Take inference to Cloud Run: Auto-scales during spikes, drops to zero when offline. You pay only for the milliseconds your code runs. ⚡ Use Gemini Flash for easy tasks, Pro for heavy lifting: Flash for fast, cheap formatting and extraction. Pro for reasoning. Same product, better margin. What’s the first line item you’d refactor? 👇
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100+ founders. Three leadership-defining days. Real technical progress. ⚙️💪 At the 2025 Americas Accelerator Alumni Summit in Mexico City, our alumni didn’t just reconnect; they shared scaling breakthroughs, pressure-tested architecture decisions, and exchanged the hard-earned lessons that only operators understand. Google for Startups Accelerators are built for growth-stage founders ready to: 🛠 Solve real technical blockers alongside Google engineers 🚀 Strengthen product and infrastructure for scale 🎯 Go deep on customer acquisition, design, and leadership 🌎 Join a global alumni network that compounds over time Ready to level up? Find an Accelerator in your region: https://goo.gle/3NEhSCl #AcceleratedWithGoogle