SINGAPORE, May 25, 2026 – Google Cloud today announced expanded collaborations with Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC), and the Startup and Innovation Hub of Ho Chi Minh City (SIHUB), establishing an AI startup innovation corridor in Southeast Asia, and from the region to Silicon Valley. Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia is a new cross-border initiative that empowers founders to develop and commercialize proprietary agentic AI products. By offering integrated engineering and go-to-market (GTM) partnerships with Google Cloud, it creates a pathway for Southeast Asia-based AI startups to scale internationally. The initiative was launched during Google for Startups Sprint, a one-day event at Google’s Asia Pacific headquarters that connects startups with Singapore-based investors and government leaders. The event showcased AI startups from the Google for Startups alumni network—a community of thousands of founders across 85 countries who have benefited from Google for Startups Accelerator programs. Since 2018, such accelerators have helped more than 200 early-stage startups in Southeast Asia build new products, raise US$6.6 billion in funding, and create 11,300 jobs. They have facilitated scaled customer acquisition or new market entry for these startups, including Advance, Analitica, Atlas, BenKon, Betterdata, Buymed, Cosmos Innovation, DayaTani, DeafTawk, Docosan (now part of DiaB), Drylab, Fundiin, Genestory, GIMO, Giztix, Good Doctor, H3 Zoom, HD, HealthMetrics, Igloo, Kata.ai, Konigle, Lytehouse, Mamibabi, MHub, Nexmedis, MagicPort, Noice, Pand.ai, Pints AI, Portcast, Sehati TeleCTG, Simplize, Speedback, Speedoc, Talenox, TopCV, Transparently, Trialo, Unravel Carbon, Unicorn Labs, and Wela. Sami Kizilbash, Head of Developer Ecosystems, Asia Pacific, Google Cloud, said: “Building on this success, Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia aims to serve Seed to Series B AI startups across industries and six countries1, with EnterpriseSG, Komdigi, and NIC and SIHUB providing additional tailored support for startups from