Google has announced the latest cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator: AI for Energy, featuring 29 startups from North America and Europe. The program supports companies using artificial intelligence to advance the energy transition, covering areas such as electricity generation, grid operations, and flexibility.

Intensive 10–12 Week Program for Innovation in Energy

The selected startups will participate in a 10 to 12-week accelerator program. They will receive mentorship from Google experts and partners, hands-on technical support, and access to AI tools and Google Cloud infrastructure. The aim is to accelerate the development of AI-based solutions that promote reliable and sustainable energy.

North American Startups: AI Across Energy Infrastructure and Operations

Fifteen startups were selected from North America:

• Blumen – Speeds up infrastructure projects using regulatory and geospatial data insights.
• Cedalio – Helps businesses manage energy costs and reduce manual work.
• DaisyChain Energy – Focuses on building energy management for revenue and savings.
• Derapi – Connects to distributed energy resources for data and control.
• Dili – Applies AI to accelerate new energy construction.
• Lōd – Provides energy intelligence to optimize data centers for risk, cost, and compliance.
• Mercury Computing – Enables flexible utility interconnection to reduce time to power for data centers.
• Monalee – Builds an AI operating system for managing home energy, solar, batteries, and EV chargers.
• MyPebble – Assists enterprises in optimizing cloud use for AI workloads, reducing cost and energy consumption.
• Othersphere – Uses spatial economics to support sustainable infrastructure deployment.
• Pila – Develops a modular battery mesh for grid resilience and intelligence.
• Pravāh – Uses machine learning to reduce power costs in grid operations.
• Rock Rabbit – Offers an AI platform for green building incentive programs.
• Salient – Combines AI and climate expertise for long-range weather forecasting.
• Spark AI – Delivers a planning and workflow tool for energy infrastructure developers.

European Startups: AI for Grid Optimization, Heating, and Renewable Deployment

Fourteen startups were selected from Europe:

• Delfos (Spain) – Supports efficient and predictable renewable energy generation.
• Enkel (Denmark) – An EV charging platform using algorithmic trading for rapid power market decisions.
• Enline (Portugal) – Offers sensorless digital twin technology to improve asset efficiency and sustainability.
• Ento (Denmark) – Provides AI intelligence and APIs that transform raw building energy data into savings and compliance.
• Gilytics AG (Switzerland) – Enables standardized energy infrastructure planning and routing in minutes.
• Gorilla (Belgium) – Helps energy retailers align financial and net-zero goals across operations.
• Gridcog (United Kingdom) – Provides accurate, flexible modeling tools for flexibility assets.
• KAKTI (Denmark) – Develops AI optimization tools for district heating to reduce costs and support a flexible grid.
• Podero GmbH (Austria) – Lowers electricity prices by managing flexible devices and trading their power.
• reLi energy (Germany) – Offers analytics and cost-based optimization for battery operators.
• Tewke (United Kingdom) – Provides an intelligent home energy platform to cut usage and costs.
• Tibo Energy (Netherlands) – Delivers AI tools to plan and operate smart energy systems for cost and carbon efficiency.
• Tilt Energy (France) – A software platform to manage electricity demand-side flexibility.
• Twindo (Netherlands) – Helps renewable energy projects avoid delays and cost overruns.

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