India, Nov. 25 -- Google's AI Future Fund is partnering with venture capital firm Accel's pre-seed investment programme Atoms to launch a new India cohort, aiming to fuel the next wave of pre-seed AI innovation.

Through Atoms AI Cohort 2026, Google and Accel will co-invest in India's ambitious founders who use AI in areas of optimising work, creativity, software engineering and entertainment. Applications to be a part of this programme closes on January 26, 2026.

Google said in a statement, "We are looking for founders ready to think big and build bold."

The cohort will be a three-month customised programme, where founders will get an investment of up to $2 Mn and up to $350K in credits from Google (including Cloud and Gemini), with ea...