GCP – Graduating the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First cohort in the UK

The Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First UK has celebrated the graduation of its latest cohort of AI startups. The 12-week hybrid program, designed for rapid growth, began in London in April and concluded with a Demo Day and Graduation in July. Founders received mentorship from Google experts, technical support for AI technologies, and extensive networking opportunities with investors, partners, and other entrepreneurs.

“The Program Kick-Off Week really made me re-consider some aspects that we now take for granted. I also have a TON of inspiration for future LLM/agent/multi-agent concepts that we will experiment with.” – Paul Symmers, CTO at Building Atlas.

Through the hands-on support provided during the program, DataWhisper, an agentic payment platform, was able to fully integrate Google Cloud and AI technologies, including Gemini, Vertex, and Model Garden, making Gemini the default model for their platform.

“The Program helped incredibly by opening doors to contacts with major partners, leading to increased company valuation and closing a commercial deal during the program. Google is at the heart of my strategy for 2025-2026.” – Luis Lancos, CEO at Datawhisper.  

At the Demo Day event, held on July 11th, in partnership with HSBC Innovation Banking and London & Partners, the cohort celebrated its achievements. The event connected 15 high-potential UK startups with over 100 of the UK’s tech experts, VCs, and corporates. These startups showcased innovative AI solutions, from cancer detection to smarter supply chains, seeking partnerships and contributing to responsible AI innovation. Keynotes were delivered by Jeanine Banks, VP of Google Developer X, Laura Citron, CEO of London & Partners and Ryan Clements, VP Early Stage Banking at HSBC Innovation.

Learn more about the graduating startups and their inspiring work:

• Bindbridge (London) is a generative AI platform that discovers and designs molecular glues for targeted protein degradation in plants.

• Building Atlas (Edinburgh) uses data and AI to support the decarbonisation of non-domestic buildings by modelling the best retrofit plans for any portfolio size.

• Comply Stream (London) helps to streamline financial crime compliance operations for businesses and consumers.

• Datawhisper (London) provides safe and compliant AI Agentic solutions tailored for the fintech and payments industry.

• Deducta (London) is a data intelligence platform that supports global procurement teams with supply chain insights and efficiencies.

• Dysplasia Diagnostics (London) develops AI-based, non-invasive, and affordable solutions for early cancer detection and treatment monitoring.

• Flow.bio (London) is an end-to-end cloud platform for running large sequencing pipelines and auto-structuring bio-data for machine learning workflows.

• Humble (London) enables non-technical users to build and share AI-powered apps and workflows, allowing them to automate without writing code.

• Immersive Fox (London)  is an AI studio for creating presenter-led marketing and communication videos directly from text.

• Kestrix (London) uses thermal drones and advanced software to map and quantify heat loss from buildings and generate retrofit plans.

• Loc.AI (Cardiff) provides the foundational operating system for truly resilient, distributed intelligence that runs without a single point of failure.

• Measmerize (Birmingham) provides sizing advice for fashion e-commerce retailers, enabling brands to increase sales and decrease return rates.

• PSi (London) uses AI to host large-scale online deliberations, enabling local governments to harness collective intelligence for effective policymaking.

• Shareback (London) is an AI platform that allows employees to securely interact with GPT-based assistants trained on company, department, or project-specific data.

• Source.dev (London) simplifies the software development lifecycle for smart devices, to help accelerate innovation and streamline software updates.

Learn more about Google for Startups Accelerator programs on startup.google.com. You can also register your interest for future programs if you are a Seed to Series A stage tech startup, building innovative and highly technical AI-first solutions.