As businesses and communities digitize and improve online access and services for people everywhere, cybersecurity threats have increased in lockstep. Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing challenges in Latin America and around the world – and Google is deeply committed to tackling new threats with proactive and innovative solutions. We are committed to not only keeping our own platforms secure, but to supporting others in protecting the wider digital ecosystem.
That is why we are excited to introduce the 11 startups selected for our accession Google for Startups Accelerator: AI for cybersecurity program in Latin America. This ten-week accelerator is designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to startups leveraging AI to proactively address complex cybersecurity threats.
Selected from a highly competitive pool of applications across 11 countries, these companies from Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico are at the forefront of developing cutting-edge solutions to protect the digital landscape in the region and beyond.
Meet the 2025 cohort:
- Blue Lock AI (Chile): Protects businesses from sophisticated cyber threats through advanced, AI-powered threat detection and automated response.
- Damch (Brazil): Enables businesses to improve data management and secure communications, improving efficiency and customer experience.
- Delta Protect (Mexico): Provides simple, scalable and effective cyber security and compliance solutions to businesses throughout Latin America.
- EcoTrust (Brazil): A unified platform that transforms cyber risks into reliable, actionable responses by providing visibility and prioritization based on business impact.
- GuardianAI (Brazil): An AI security platform that protects AI agent systems with specialized firewalls, adaptive bumpers, and deep visibility into model internals.
- Hackmetrix (Mexico): Latin America’s first one-stop security and compliance platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses quickly obtain certifications and strengthen their security.
- hunterstack.io (Brazil): An AI-powered platform for the LATAM market that streamlines compliance and helps companies achieve certifications like ISO 27001 and SOC 2 up to three times faster.
- Crixus (Colombia): A SaaS threat intelligence platform that automatically detects exposed credentials and attack surface risks to enable rapid remediation before attackers can exploit them.
- NICE (Colombia): A monitoring and cyber security platform that helps companies in Latin America and the US effectively protect and optimize their technology infrastructure.
- Rainforest technologies (Brazil): A single, intelligent platform that condenses key cybersecurity needs – from fraud detection to application security – to replace expensive and complex multi-product solutions.
- Unxpose (Brazil): Helps equip startups with AI-powered cybersecurity tools, automating security best practices to ensure businesses stay protected without needing enterprise-grade budgets.
We are incredibly excited to partner with these innovative startups over the next ten weeks, providing them with dedicated mentorship and technical support to help them scale their solutions, make a lasting impact and advance a safer digital world.