Google is playing a pivotal role in supporting Indian AI startups via its Google for Startups Accelerator program. In 2024, Google announced plans to train 10,000 AI startups in India via a partnership with the MeitY Startup Hub. The Accelerator program, which started in 2015, now aids over 1,500 startups worldwide, including 250 Indian startups. Google India's Paul Ravindranath and Karthik Padmanabhan discussed the tech giant’s growing influence in India’s startup ecosystem and its criteria for selecting startups.