Google I/O Connect Bengaluru 2024: Indian startups unlocking magic in the Gemini era
At Google I/O Connect Bengaluru 2024 earlier today, we unveiled a suite of powerful tools and initiatives aimed at empowering India’s AI innovators to realize their potential in the Gemini era. We are confident that, as they have done all along in their enthusiastic embrace of Gemini, Indian startups will bring the magic of these growing AI capabilities to life.
We have a longstanding commitment to supporting the Indian startup ecosystem along its AI journey. Our Build with AI event series has already engaged 25,000 developers in 43 cities across India, providing hands-on experience with our latest AI and machine learning technologies. The Global Gemini API Developer Competition continues to unearth groundbreaking applications that push the boundaries of AI innovation. And, the 3-month equity-free Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First is nurturing the next generation of AI-first startups with expert mentorship and support around AI/ML, UX, Android, Web, Product, Leadership and Growth; the 2024 cohort kicked off its program with an intensive bootcamp at our Bangalore office this week.
In our most recent significant step, we are working with the MeitY Startup Hub, under India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, to enable 10,000 Indian startups along their journey with generative AI.
We have been deeply encouraged by the incredible progress India’s startups are powering with our support. And at I/O Connect, three startups showcased the transformative impact they are enabling as they leverage Gemini in groundbreaking solutions that are addressing real-world challenges.
Miko Robot
Miko.AI: Safeguarding Young Minds
Miko.AI, which has developed an innovative AI-powered robot dedicated to educating and engaging children, has built proprietary AI models over 10 years, prioritizing age-appropriate, culturally sensitive, and regionally relevant AI interactions. To ensure this, Miko.AI employs Google's Gemini as a discerning judge and quality control mechanism for its AI models.
Gemini meticulously scrutinizes responses from Miko's proprietary text-based Large Language Models (LLMs) to ensure they meet the company's stringent standards for Miko’s young audiences. Moreover, Gemini plays a crucial role in Miko's automated quality assurance and security processes, enhancing the safety and reliability of image, audio, and conversational content by simulating various user interactions and proactively identifying potential vulnerabilities such as harmful content or misinformation.
With assistance from Gemini, Miko.AI is expanding the boundaries in AI-powered learning with a safe and responsible platform, ensuring its robots deliver engaging and safe educational experiences for children worldwide.
Our goal is to ensure Miko Robots provide safe, reliable, and culturally appropriate interactions for children worldwide, and Gemini is key to achieving this.
Karya’s no-code chatbot
Karya: Building a Global, Inclusive AI Ecosystem
Karya is on a mission to empower low-income communities through AI-enabled economic opportunities. Karya’s digital work platform allows its participants to build AI datasets from the comfort of their homes, already enabling its partners in India to earn 20 times the local minimum wage.
Karya is now leveraging Gemini to take this transformative impact global. Using Gemini, the organization has designed a no-code chatbot that allows partners worldwide to design custom workflows in their own languages, understanding natural language prompts and generating configuration files instantly.
Gemini is also helping Karya’s global partners streamline task management, translating complex flows into simple instructions and enabling real-time status updates via natural language queries.
We’re proud that Gemini is helping foster an ecosystem that is bringing the advantages of AI worldwide.
With the power of Gemini, we are able to take Karya Platform global, and enable low-income communities everywhere to build truly ethical and inclusive AI.
Cropin Sage
Cropin: Pioneering Agri-Intelligence
Cropin, a pioneer in agricultural technology, is empowering agri-food businesses and governments as they enable increased agricultural productivity worldwide with data-driven insights.
Cropin’s latest breakthrough, Cropin Sage, is a real-time, generative AI agri-intelligence platform powered by Gemini that combines vast agricultural and climate data, providing actionable insights for crop suitability, food supply sustainability, and procurement optimization. Leveraging Google’s AI and machine learning capabilities, Cropin Sage is building a proprietary grid-based map that will provide data and intelligence on the world's agricultural landscape with scale, accuracy and speed.
Sage is a testament to the positive impact technology can enable and the global challenges AI can help solve.
I am proud that we are able to build a more sustainable, food-secure future for the planet, and yes, Gemini has made it possible.
These solutions reflect the tenacious spirit of the thousands of India’s talented innovators doing amazing work to make our world a better place - all while sharing our bold and responsible approach to AI, excitedly leveraging its potential while prioritizing ethical and inclusive development.
This is what drives us to keep democratizing AI access in India, incorporating AI into our tools and programs, ensuring they're easy to use and meet innovators' needs. And at Google I/O Connect Bengaluru 2024, we reaffirmed our commitment to empower India’s thriving startup ecosystem to drive the next wave of global AI innovation.
