Google Cloud Next takes place in Las Vegas this week, and one clear message is clear. That’s what Google wants AI startups on its cloud. To that end, we made several startup-related announcements.
Most importantly, the tech giant has allocated $750 million in new funding to help cloud partners sell more AI agents to enterprises. This funding is available to partners ranging from start-ups to large consulting firms. Can be used for costs such as Gemini proof-of-concept projects, Google forward deployment engineers, cloud credits, deployment rebates, and more.
Google also highlighted a long list of startups that are using Google Cloud to sign new contracts or expand their operations. Among them are some outstanding names.
Lovable is expanding its use of Google Cloud by launching a new coding agency through Google’s Enterprise App Marketplace. Lovable is a fast-growing vibe coding startup that is reportedly on track for $400 million in ARR as of February.
Notion, Silicon Valley’s popular AI-infused document productivity app recently valued at about $11 billion, uses Gemini models to power its text and image generation capabilities.
Gamma, an AI-powered PowerPoint killer recently valued at $2.1 billion, uses Google’s cutting-edge image model Nano Banana 2 and other Google Cloud features.
Inferact, a commercial inference startup from the creators of the popular open source project vLLM, has access to Nvidia’s GPUs through Google Cloud in addition to using the tech giant’s AI stack.
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ComfyUI, a popular open source tool for creating AI-generated images and multimedia, also provides access to Nano Banana 2 and uses other cloud features.
Other startups backed by Google Cloud this year include:
ChorusView creates AI-powered smart tags that track product condition and movement in real-time.
Emergent AI, Vibe Coding Platform.
ExaCare AI creates AI software for post-acute care facilities.
Insilica creates regulatory compliant chemical safety reports generated by AI.
Optii develops AI-powered hotel management software.
Parallel AI builds web search and investigation APIs built for AI agents.
Proximal Health develops AI-powered software that automates the claims adjudication process.
Reducto provides AI-powered document analysis.
Stord will be responsible for e-commerce fulfillment and parcel operations.
Stylistics develops AI image generation software for tasks such as outfit styling and product bundling for retailers.
Temporal is a developer cloud environment built to prevent failures.
Vapi creates development tools for building conversational voice agents.
Vurvey Labs provides comprehensive market research via AI agents.
Wand is an in-game assistant for single-player PC games.
Watershed develops software that helps companies report and manage their sustainability programs.
ZenBusiness is an all-in-one back-office tool for small and medium-sized businesses that includes an AI chat assistant.
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