India Becomes Google AI Futures Fund’s First Global Partner Market

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Google chose India as the first country for an AI Futures Fund partnership, citing its massive internet population and engineering talent. Founders selected for the Atoms program will gain $350K in compute credits, early access to Gemini and DeepMind tech, and mentorship from Google and Accel teams. The move follows Google’s $15B AI data-center expansion plan in India.

[Nahid Hossen]

India’s AI adoption speed is crazy right now.

[Abdul Khan]

Smart move by Google—huge talent pool and huge market.