Meet Google's initial AI for Govtech Startup -Ohort

Public services are fundamental to our daily lives, from healthcare and social benefits to energy and crisis. To keep up with increasing demands, these complex systems must constantly evolve. While governments often face challenges such as older technology and talent holes, AI presents a central opportunity for transformation. Startups are uniquely located to provide these solutions. They can help governments improve efficiency, improve services and modernize critical public infrastructure.

To help speed up this change, we launched Google to Startups Growth Academy: AI for the Govtech program. This program provides founders all over Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Turkiye with advanced AI technology and practical mentorship. Our goal is to speed up the implementation of AI solutions for governments.

We are happy to share the 25 startups selected from our initial cohort. Elected from over 700 applications, these companies are already running the development of government operations, from UAE to Spain:

Bable Smart Cities (Germany: Climate) Provides a central online tool to city officials that help them find project ideas, financing opportunities and businesses they need to build smarter, more climate -friendly cities.
Cargose (Israel: customs) Streamlines, how customs agencies control international shipping shipments using AI.
Chefaa (Egypt: Health) Simplifies prescription orders and refills to patients, especially those who handle chronic illnesses through their app.
Class of wonders (Portugal: Education) Develops AI-driven educational games to improve basic reading and mathematics skills for public schools.
Dycare (Spain: Health) Provides physical rehabilitation at home, ensuring that patients are accurately performing and controlling through their recovery exercises.
Earlybird (UK: Public Administration) Uses voice to automate administrative tasks and paperwork for citizen support staff.
E-GovConnect (Nigeria: Health) Using data to spot health risks faster and provide support to society.
Empiria (UAE: CYBERSECURITY) Enables sensitive industries such as healthcare and financing to verify data and user identity, ensuring that private information remains secure.
Forestguard (Turkiye: Climate) Uses smart sensors and AI to spot fires at their earliest stages.
Faithuard (UAE: Climate) Provides precise street level temperature data to improve the city’s heat management.
Infinity Health Africa (Nigeria: Health) Helps medical companies navigate complex legislative frameworks for new health products.
Intelmatix (Saudi -Arabia: Public Administration) Helps teams automate tasks and improve decision making with AI agents.
Lahint (Saudi -Arabia: Public Services) Streamlines state processes for businesses by uniting various official portals into a single, intuitive interface.
Livresq (Romania: Education) Supports public education by developing and disseminating official digital curricula and teacher education programs nationwide.
MPOST (Rwanda: Public Services) Helps individuals without a physical street address receiving mail and packages using their mobile number as a digital address.
Net Zero Build (Saudi -Arabia: Public Services) Streamlines the complicated process of achieving “green building certifications”.
Photoaid (Poland: Public Services) Let people officially take ID, passport and visa photos directly from their smartphone.
Plexigrid (Spain: Energy) Supports electricity network operators for managing the new requirements of renewable energy and electric vehicles.
Sahl Ai (Saudi -Arabia: Health) Automatically writes clinical notes from conversations to medical patient.
Pushy (Portugal: Energy) Helps cities save energy and reduce the cost of using data.
Seedia (Poland: Transport) Low AI-powered, solar-powered bus stops and charging stations that provide real-time city and transit information.
Siwego (Italy: Transport) Partners with cities and public transit to offer a sustainable delivery service that matches packages of vehicles already on the road.
Sustaingrc (UK: Public Services) Centralizes environmental impact tracking, risk management and reporting on compliance with companies.
Tde (UAE: Energy) Uses AI to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions for energy companies.
Wittify Ai (Saudi -Arabia: Public Services) Creates Arab-first AI assistants that allow companies and state agencies and state agencies to answer customer questions that ensure conversations feel natural by understanding local dialects.