Google Launches AI Future Fund, Help Startup Develop AI Innovation

JAKARTA - Google officially launched AI Futures Fund, a strategic initiative aimed at supporting startups in building artificial intelligence-based (AI) future innovations.

The program will provide startups in various stages of early access growth to Google DeepMind's latest AI model as well as resources, technical expertise, and equity funding to accelerate their progress.

Startups in collaboration with the AI Futures Fund will accept the following:

Preliminary access to selected AI models from Google DeepMind: This includes some of our most advanced AI models such as Gemini, Imagen for image creation, and Veo for video creation.

Collaboration with Google experts: startup companies get direct support from researchers, technicians, product managers, designers, and marketing specialists from Google DeepMind and Google Labs.

Google Cloud's credit and support: The program provides Cloud credit and special technical support from our Cloud experts to help build, train and scale AI-powered products.

Equity investment: Selected startup companies have the opportunity to seek direct investment from Google to encourage growth and improve AI development.

"AI Futures Fund is open to companies wherever Gemini is, and we are looking for startups looking to build AI's future with us," Google wrote in its announcement.

During the initial trial period, AI Futures Fund has teamed up with several startups from various industries, including Toonsutra, digital comic platforms from India, Viggle, AI meme makers, and Rooms, interactive 3D platforms.