We’re delighted to announce the six finalists from India for the 4th class of Launchpad Accelerator program that will be joining an inspiring group of startups from all over Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe. With this batch, a total of 26 Indian startups have now become part of the launchpad accelerator program from India.
The fourth class will kick off on July 17th, 2017 at the Google Developers Launchpad Space in San Francisco with a two weeks all-expense-paid mentorship bootcamp. This batch of startups will gain from our new curriculum that will help the startups dig deeper into machine learning and AI and help them leverage Google’s latest technologies to scale their apps.
In the six months program, they will undergo intensive mentoring from 20+ teams across Google and mentors from top technology companies and VCs in Silicon Valley. Additionally they will receive equity-free support and credits for Google products and continue to work closely with Google back in India during the 6-month program.
These startups were shortlisted from hundreds of startups who applied this year based on their unique value proposition and use of latest technologies like machine learning and AI (Artificial Intelligence) to build high impact solutions that are solving for the Indian context, focusing on new internet users and digital India. They cover optimization of financial services ranging from loans, credit cards, upto date information platform for train journeys, online video platform focussing on content from Indian cinema from South of India to the unique implementation of AI to aid discovery of recipes for cooking.
The list also includes B2B companies that use AI or ML for various applications be it image recognition capabilities to aid medical diagnosis by analysing visual data, providing solutions for talent acquisition and workforce optimization.
Here’s the full list of shortlisted startups from India:
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 | EdGE Networks: HR solutions provider powered by Artificial Intelligence |
 | FastFilmz: The Super App for Super Fans of South Indian movies! |
 | IndiaLends: Credit underwriting and analytics platform for unsecured consumer lending |
 | RailYatri: Intelligent, big data platform that leverages crowd-sourced content to help long distance travelers |
 | RecipeBook: Intelligent solutions in food and retail powered by deep learning computer vision |
 | SigTuple: Smart screening solutions powered by data driven intelligence |
Posted by Paul Ravindranath G, Program Manager, Google India