Posted by Lauren O’Neil, Startup Developer Ecosystem Lead, and Matt Ridenour, Head of US Startup Ecosystem
We’re thrilled to announce our newest cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Black Founders program because it embarks on its fourth yr serving Black founders within the U.S. and Canada.
The 12 firms chosen for this yr’s cohort mirror the traits of the broader utility pool – startups centered on bettering healthcare outcomes, defending the atmosphere, lowering shopper power consumption, and eradicating obstacles to monetary sources and residential possession (simply to call a couple of). Moreover, these firms are using rising AI applied sciences to streamline and simplify buyer, shopper, {and professional} experiences in any respect ranges.
“This yr’s cohort represents the huge alternative that Google has to spend money on the way forward for tech entrepreneurship, and the way Google helps a broader ecosystem of driving innovation in key industries. It’s really spectacular to see how this cohort is tackling a few of the world’s hardest issues, from power to drugs to finance, and enabling the creator financial system for video games, music, and content material.”
– Jeanine Banks, VP & Basic Supervisor, Developer X and Head of Developer Relations.
Hear from a couple of founders who will take part on this 10-week program, commencing September twenty sixth.
Inform us the story of your startup:
Seyi Adesola, Cofounder & CEO of AfroHealth: “Shedding my mother to a preventable sickness ignited my journey into healthcare, main me to grow to be knowledgeable healthcare practitioner whereas offering particular person well being teaching to my church neighborhood, household and buddies. AfroHealth was shaped as an growth of this imaginative and prescient, an internet platform to supply Black people with culturally-sensitive on-line well being teaching.”
Nana Wilberforce, Founder & CEO of Akeptus: “In the US alone, one-third of households grapple with month-to-month power payments, with 20% on the point of dropping entry, and this hardship disproportionately impacts minority teams. Akeptus was based to empower households and enterprises to manage their power prices by way of AI options that simplify power administration.”
Nicole Clay, Cofounder & CMO of Hue: “My co-founders and I got here collectively as three ladies throughout the pores and skin tone spectrum who struggled with illustration in magnificence and discovering merchandise for our distinctive complexions. We’re an e-commerce expertise firm that matches buyers to actual individuals who share the identical pores and skin tone, pores and skin kind, or preferences as you.”
What are the first technical challenges you’re hoping to deal with throughout this system?
Seyi: “Throughout this system, our first precedence is perfecting the mixing of Synthetic Intelligence with our platform. We hope to make the most of the complete potential of Google’s ML and TensorFlow frameworks to enhance well being outcomes within the Afro neighborhood.”
Nana: “We’re most excited in regards to the accelerator for the hands-on Cloud and AI experience to refine our algorithms and infrastructure, permitting us to scale our impression on sustainability.”
Nicole: “Throughout this system, we want to apply AI/ML to create and optimize video content material, and leverage AI to ease the method for on a regular basis end-users to create their very own video critiques.”
Study extra about all 12 collaborating startups under:
AfroHealth (Dallas, TX) is a digital well being & wellness platform using AI to supply personalised healthcare teaching to Black and Brown communities.
Akeptus (Glenwood, MD) is an AI-powered power administration platform that gives real-time insights and management to optimize utilization and power prices, cut back waste, and strengthen grid resilience.
CareCopilot (New York, NY) is a curated market of key providers that households want when caring for aged family members.
eBanqo (Alpharetta, GA) is a buyer engagement AI platform that empowers companies of all sizes to supply on the spot and seamless service to their clients throughout all channels, 24/7.
Expedier (Hamilton, ON) is the primary Black-led, Black-Owned & BIPOC dealing with digital financial institution in Canada serving six million underserved BIPOC Canadians. (study extra about Expedier on our Google Canada weblog!)
Hue (San Francisco, CA) is an AI-powered video platform that helps manufacturers generate and show short-form video critiques on e-commerce.
IndyGeneUS (Washington, D.C.) is a precision drugs firm utilizing next-generation sequencing applied sciences to establish distinctive gene variants in illnesses that have an effect on underrepresented populations.
Kwema (St. Louis, MO) is a brilliant badge reel for healthcare professionals that empowers clinicians to unobtrusively name for assist when dealing with affected person violence.
My Residence Pathway (New York, NY) is a expertise platform that guides first-time house consumers to approval quicker by analyzing knowledge and offering individualized suggestions.
Pagedip (Boulder, CO) is a no-code content material publishing app that enables customers to create fantastically environment friendly, powerfully efficient and demonstrably measurable paperwork that work higher for groups and their clients.
Plannly Well being (Scottsdale, AZ) is a patent-pending threat administration software program devoted to mitigating the danger of human errors in hospitals, by providing a digital well being resolution that addresses supplier stress, burnout, and demanding life occasions or adjustments.
Discover extra info at g.co/blackfoundersaccelerator.