Google teams up with Accel to launch Atoms AI Cohort 2026 to boost early-stage AI startups in India

Accel announced that it has collaborated with Google’s AI Futures Fund to launch Atoms AI Cohort 2026 to support India’s AI founders with resources and early access to Google’s advanced AI models such as Gemini and DeepMind.

“Accel and Google are partnering through Accel Atoms and Google’s AI Futures Fund to launch the 2026 AI Cohort. This is Google’s first program of its kind globally,” the company said in a statement.