Infrastructure: Early-stage investments in AI infrastructure including photonic computing, integrated hardware-software… Grant
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This call is open to startups and small and medium-sized businesses, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Funding is an equity investment. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.
Google Ventures is making early-stage equity investments in AI infrastructure technologies that enable climate and sustainability applications, including photonic computing, integrated hardware-software platforms, data labeling, and inference systems. This targets startups and deep-tech teams building foundational AI compute and infrastructure layers.
About this grant
This programme makes early-stage equity investments in AI infrastructure technologies that support climate and sustainability applications. It targets startups and small-to-medium enterprises developing foundational AI compute and infrastructure layers, including photonic computing, integrated hardware-software platforms, data labeling systems, and inference technologies. Applicants must demonstrate technical progress or a working prototype and possess relevant deep-tech expertise. The investment seeks companies with potential to enable downstream climate or sustainability applications, or to improve the efficiency of AI compute systems. Eligible organisations are at idea, research and development, prototype, pilot, pre-seed, seed, or Series A stage. Applications are welcome from anywhere globally.
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Key requirements
- ✓Early-stage AI infrastructure company (photonic computing, hardware-software integration, data labeling, or inference tech)
- ✓Demonstrable technical progress or prototype; team with relevant deep-tech expertise
- ✓Potential to enable downstream climate/sustainability applications or improve AI compute efficiency
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- Who can apply for Infrastructure: Early-stage investments in AI infrastructure including photonic computing, integrated hardware-software…?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme.
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Climate software and data funding supports emissions accounting, climate risk analytics, Earth observation, digital MRV and tools for planners. It is offered as innovation grants, public contracts for data services and support from technology programmes. Buyers generally look for data quality, interoperability and evidence that users rely on the tool.
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