Australia has a vibrant startup industry and a proud history of pioneership in technology. To support this legacy and help startups thrive using AI, we're thrilled to announce the 2025 cohort for the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First program. This program is designed to help Australian startups building AI and machine learning solutions grow rapidly and responsibly, supported by the Digital Future Initiative.
This year, we’re delighted to share that we have expanded the cohort to welcome more startups based in Australia and we have also invited two startups based in New Zealand. The startups selected for the 2025 cohort are:
Atomic Tessellator: A virtual lab for the discovery and validation of new materials, using AI for materials science.
CoTreat: Uses AI to improve productivity and streamline workflows for dentists, improving outcomes and transparency for patients and practices alike.
Gelomics: Enables pharmaceutical companies to test and develop drugs using lab-grown human tissues integrated into an AI-powered platform.
Haast: Automates 100% of marketing compliance at heavily regulated enterprises by deploying AI agents that embed directly into existing content review workflows, reviewing content like in-house compliance experts and replacing manual compliance review processes entirely.
Laronix: A Voice AI startup and a leading developer of smart and non-invasive artificial larynx technology for individuals who lose or damage their larynx.
Presien: Partners with heavy industry OEMs to transform machines into intelligent, perceptive assets through multimodal, edge and cloud AI solutions.
RedOwl: Brings real-time financial governance and control to every transaction—before it happens.
ThroughLine: Brings emotional and online safety support to where users are — with personalised guidance and global helpline connections.
Trusst AI: Delivers an intelligent CX platform that transforms enterprise customer experience data into actionable insights and autonomous AI agents, deployed securely within customers' private cloud environments to drive complete CX operational autonomy.
Zoros AI: Uses AI agents for cost estimating by providing quantity take-offs and analyzing historical estimates.
Congratulations to all the founders! We can't wait to see the impact you'll make.