Google's AI Academy: Improving Infrastructure with AI Startups
Mass power outages, air travel delays, and traffic congestion are infrastructure challenges that affect everyone. Google Public Sector is committed to helping governments and organizations leverage AI to develop more responsive and accessible public services, tackle climate challenges, and even repair potholes. To further this mission, we are expanding our support for startups using AI to enhance essential services through the Google for Startups AI Academy: American Infrastructure program. The 15 AI companies selected for the inaugural cohort aim to help governments and communities address critical challenges at scale.
Over a 12-week period, the participating founders and their teams will engage in an intensive AI curriculum led by Google's People + AI Research (PAIR) team. Founders will also complete advanced sales training and go-to-market workshops designed to help them grow their businesses. Each founder will be paired with a dedicated Google mentor and will have the opportunity to connect with the global Google for Startups alumni community.
Learn more about the selected startups and how they are using AI to make public systems more efficient and effective:
- Aquasight (Michigan): Provides real-time insights for water and wastewater system operators through data mining and predictive analytics.
- Citian (Washington, DC): Delivers innovative transportation technology to create safer and more accessible infrastructure.
- Cloverleaf AI (Colorado): Helps businesses stay informed on relevant government activity.
- Concrete.ai (California): Optimizes the cost and efficiency of concrete mixing for infrastructure projects.
- CPNET (Pennsylvania): Helps factories unlock the untapped physical capacity of their production lines.
- Geolabe (New Mexico): Assists organizations in measuring their environmental footprint and identifying remedial actions.
- Ilmiya (Minnesota): Personalizes the student journey, optimizes learning outcomes, and proactively engages with learners.
- Julius Edu (Massachusetts): Matches jobseekers with employers in the energy sector.
- Multiscale Technologies (Georgia): Provides insights into manufacturing process optimization, accelerating R&D for semiconductors, battery materials, structural materials, and more.
- Pathways (New York): Helps material manufacturers understand, reduce, and report on the environmental impact of their products.
- Pharma Acuity (Connecticut): Accelerates clinical trials and commercialization of pharmaceutical products.
- Simerse AI (Missouri): Provides infrastructure mapping for utilities, public works, and transit operators.
- Welfie (California): Assists care providers and educators in improving health outcomes for children in underserved communities.
- Whistle Systems (Missouri): Enhances employee behavioral change in the construction sector.
- Zordi (Massachusetts): Develops autonomous greenhouse farms and agricultural analytics to drive innovations in farming.