Google Assists Thirteen AI Companies

Google Startup Accelerator: AI's First Team Announced Yesterday. The tech giant has selected 13 startups from hundreds of applicants that focus on using artificial intelligence to solve "urgent problems". These selected startups work in different fields in Europe, Israel, and the UK, with leaders from various professional backgrounds. This 10-week equity-free program will support these startups from the seed stage to Series A, providing them with offline and online activities, one-on-one coaching, and collective learning. The program also includes guidance on product design, business growth, and leadership development, with support from dedicated Google AI technology experts and the Google for Startups program. Below are the first 13 startups selected by Google: Annea.Ai Annea Ai is a German company founded by Maik Reder and Marcel Frenzel in 2019, providing predictive maintenance services for renewable energy assets such as wind turbines. They use artificial intelligence and "digital twins" technology to predict and prevent failures in renewable energy infrastructure. The company raised $1 million in seed funding from Faber and Innoport. They use advanced AI technology and physical models to reduce operating expenses for renewable energy companies while increasing their output. If a failure occurs, they alert operators 365 days in advance and provide detailed analysis of the problem and its causes. Checktur.io Checktur.io was founded by Agnieszka Michalik and Dr. Lusia Müller-Wittmann in 2022. It is an AI system for automating and managing transportation and logistics processes. Checktur enables businesses to effectively manage commercial vehicle fleets, providing services such as real-time damage reports, digitalized documents, and damage allocation through AI models and data-driven insights. This allows them to track their vehicles. Exactly.ai Exactly.ai was founded by Tonia Samsonova in 2022. It provides artists with an AI tool that allows them to create images in their unique style based on simple written descriptions. Unlike competitors, Exactly.ai does not create images itself but provides a service for artists to train their AI algorithms to generate images that match their style. This also solves copyright issues, as both the artwork and the algorithm belong to the artists, preserving their ownership. Neurons Neurons is a Danish company founded by Thomas Ramsoy in 2013. They have raised $8.4 million to date and have developed a precise AI model that measures subconscious signals in humans to predict market reactions. Neurons is a consumer neuroscience company that uses neuroscience tools to enhance understanding and experience of consumers. Their tools include brain scanning devices and eye-tracking glasses, which use AI-based software to interpret conscious and unconscious reactions of consumers. Applications include neuromarketing, user experience design, store environments, and consumer journeys. Notable clients include IKEA, Estée Lauder, Facebook, and Visa. PACTA PACTA is a German company founded by Dominik Müller, Fabian Pohl, Ludwig Wolter, Marcel Horndasch, and Tim Adrian in 2018. PACTA solves the problem of legal digitization by providing user-friendly disruptive technology. PACTA also brings together stakeholders on a central platform, simplifying legal workflows and document handling. Users can efficiently create, negotiate, digitally sign, and analyze legal documents, reducing costs and risks while increasing productivity. They raised €1.7 million in seed funding in 2021. Quantic Brains Quantic Brains, headquartered in Spain, was founded by Julio Covacho López, Manuel Lucania Fesser, and Roy Conan Alonso Rising in 2021. Quantic Brains Technologies has developed an AI-based audiovisual content creation platform. Users can automate the creation of games and movies using AI tools that simulate character behavior. The platform allows users to create and publish animations and video games, choosing characters (e.g., musicians, children, warriors), items (e.g., cars, phones, balls, swords), and scenes. They raised €300,000 in seed funding from Castiventures. Sarus Sarus is a French company founded by Maxime Agostini, Nicolas Grislain, and Vincent Lepage in 2022. Sarus helps manage personal data used for analysis or machine learning. It integrates into data systems and uses differential privacy technology to process data while maintaining data privacy. Sarus replaces cumbersome anonymization processes, saving time and preserving the value of data. Users can launch projects faster and use data securely. It reduces risks in collaborative projects across different domains. Releva Releva was founded by Georgi Georgiev and Yavor Stoychev in 2020. It is a Bulgarian company that provides a comprehensive AI automation solution for e-commerce marketing. Releva focuses on global real-time revenue operations. It is an AI-based growth platform that enhances customer experience by understanding individual needs. As a comprehensive solution for e-commerce marketing, it can be used for real-time measurement, attribution, experimentation, analysis, prediction, and automated growth. The company raised $870,000 in seed funding in March 2022. Semantic Hub Semantic Hub is a Swiss company founded by Efimenko Irina, Khoroshevskiy Vladimir, and Vitaly Nedelskiy in 2015. They help partners deal with complex patient populations, with a focus on rare diseases and various minority groups. They work with AI and deep natural language processing technology, as well as patient voices (i.e., anonymous feedback from social networks and forums). Their platform can handle almost any language and operates in 54 countries, dealing with over 40 languages and more than 80 indications. They transform patient language into clinical formats, providing valuable insights into their experiences and journeys, including unmet needs, barriers, treatment success factors, access issues, and more. They raised $2.7 million in funding in 2021. Vazy Data Vazy Data is a French company founded by Lazare Masset, Sarah Kerriche, and Jean Beuselinck in 2023. Vazy enables individuals without any technical expertise to analyze data. The platform integrates various company databases and communication tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Chat. Vazy allows users to ask questions as if they were asking a data analyst. AI ensures clarity in queries, eliminating ambiguity. The platform then autonomously manages data retrieval, aggregation, and processing, presenting results in a visualized manner with clear data sources and explanations. Visionary.AI Visionary.ai is an Israeli company founded by Oren Debbi and Yoav Taieb in 2020. The company focuses on optics, computer vision engineering, and professional photography. Visionary AI utilizes an AI-embedded software-based image signal processor (ISP) to achieve higher levels of image quality in cameras. Other product features include gaze correction, background blur, and generating depth maps on any sensor. As a software-based ISP, it can deploy updates in real-time, ensuring cameras stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in computer vision, maintaining the highest quality imaging capabilities in the market. Zenpulsar Zenpulsar was founded by Julien Artero and Pavel Dudko in 2021. It is a UK-based company that provides financial fraud solutions as software-as-a-service (SaaS). They help businesses distinguish between truth and falsehood on social media. By using these tools, companies can reduce the risk of misinformation and respond quickly to any issues, protecting their reputation, customers, investors, and business. The company raised €1 million in seed funding. Zaya AI Zaya AI is a Belgian company founded by Christian Mogodici, Mihai Trascau, and Sabina Zurac in 2022. They use machine learning to better understand and diagnose diseases, helping healthcare professionals make timely and informed medical decisions. They use scanned images of tissue and cell samples on their platform for diagnosis. Zaya provides powerful AI and cloud technology to help pathologists and laboratory scientists analyze medical images faster and more accurately, improving consistency in their work. They have not received funding yet.