Accel Atoms

After an extensive search for startups building the next generation of AI, we are pleased to announce the AI Cohort 2026. From a global pool of thousands of applicants, five companies have been selected for this program—a strategic partnership between Accel Atoms and @Google's @AIFuturesFund. Meet them here.

Watch @prayanks, Partner at @Accel, and @JRSilber, Co-founder & Director of @AIFuturesFund, in conversation with Ritu Singh on @CNBCTV18News as they discuss the rationale behind the AI Cohort 2026, why India was the first choice for AIFF's first global partnership, and what makes this cohort stand out against everything they've seen globally.

What this cohort represents — in ambition, in technical depth, and in the sheer range of what they're building — is exactly the kind of signal India's AI moment deserves. We couldn't be more excited to be on this journey with them. If you're building something and think you belong in the next cohort, don't wait. Apply early at atoms.accel.com. We'll be in touch as soon as the next cohort kicks off.

LevelPlane.ai is making the manual sourcing cycle obsolete. By interpreting complex drawings directly, LevelPlane helps global OEMs manage costs and reduce the manual labour typically required for RFQ cycles, as @CNBCTV18News reported. Read more: cnbctv18.com/business/start…

This week, we unveiled the 5 startups selected from 4,000+ applications for the AI Cohort 2026, our program built in partnership with @Google's @AIFuturesFund. Our program leaders, @prayanks, Partner at @Accel, and @JRSilber, Co-founder and Director of AI Futures Fund, sat down with several media outlets to share their views on what they saw in the applications, what made these 5 startups stand out, and where India's AI ecosystem is headed.

Big thanks to @joshwoodward for spending time with Bengaluru’s brightest AI founders!

Introducing the @AIFuturesFund x @AccelAtoms AI Cohort 2026. Selected from thousands of applicants, we’re backing five startups building the next frontier. 🤖 @getdodgeai (Autonomous ERP) 🎙️ Persistence Labs (Voice AI) 🏗️ LevelPlane.ai (Industrial Automation) 📺 @ZingrollIndia (AI-Native Entertainment) 🧪 @k_dense_ai (AI Co-Scientist)

We caught up Jonathan Silber chief of Google's AI Fund and Prayank Swaroop, partner, Accel -- the two have a joint plan to back AI startups in India -- and talk about the emerging AI ecosystem in the country. With @kpswathi & @TanyaPandey_ET economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificia…

@DeanBuilds22 @Google @prayanks @skirani @AIFuturesFund @ishtaarth They all go beyond wrappers. We tried to explain the selection filters here: techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/goo…

@AccelAtoms @Google @prayanks @skirani @AIFuturesFund @ishtaarth congrats to the cohort! curious what made these five stand out from thousands of apps? any common patterns you noticed in the winners?

After an extensive search for startups building the next generation of AI, we are pleased to announce the AI Cohort 2026. From a global pool of thousands of applicants, five companies have been selected for this program—a strategic partnership between Accel Atoms and @Google's @AIFuturesFund. Meet them here.

Introducing the @AIFuturesFund x @AccelAtoms AI Cohort 2026. 🚀 Selected from thousands of applicants, we’re backing five startups building the next frontier. 🤖 @getdodgeai (Autonomous ERP) 🎙️ Persistence Labs (Voice AI) 🏗️ @LevelPlane (Industrial Automation) 📺 @ZingrollIndia (AI-Native Entertainment) 🧪 @k_dense_ai (AI Co-Scientist)

Google, Accel India accelerator choses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’ techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/goo…

Read more about the mentorship and the path ahead in this piece written by @prayanks, Partner at @Accel, @skirani, Partner at @Accel & @JRSilber, Co-founder & Director at @AIFuturesFund: atoms.accel.com/news/meet-the-…

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