Imagine a world where AI helps you make smarter choices, gives you more personalized experiences, and helps everyone feel included. This is the vision of 23 AI startups from across the Asia-Pacific, selected for Google for Startups' first AI Academy in the region. The program – where startups will gain mentorship, product training and networking opportunities to refine their AI products and grow their business – started this week with an interactive bootcamp in Singapore.

Hailing from Japan, Korea, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore, these innovators are building AI collaborators for lawyers, democratizing influencer marketing with AI-generated avatars, and expanding access to underserved areas like financial services and healthcare via AI-powered platforms. By mentoring these startups, we’re investing in a future where AI is used to solve pressing societal issues and create more opportunities.

Meet the 23 AI startups from Asia-Pacific:

Indonesia

• Kuasar: Developing an AI-generated influencer platform tailored for Southeast Asia.
• Paperless Hospital: Enhancing healthcare efficiency with AI medical assistant solutions and electronic health record integration.

India

• Clodura.AI: Optimizing the sales cycle with a GenAI-powered co-pilot.
• Devnagri: Personalizing communications to engage non-English speakers.
• Sivi.ai: Delivering multilingual design solutions for instant ad and visual creation.

Japan

• AISI X: Offering AI-based solutions for diagnosing brain diseases and coordinating care.
• AI Mage Inc: Simplifying anime IP licensing with an AI-driven platform for global creators.
• Atlas Associates Inc: Protecting privacy and communication with its Mesh network messaging app, Nocturne.
• DeepEyeVision Inc: Innovating ophthalmic care through advanced medical AI solutions.
• Pirika Inc: Solving for littering and environmental degradation with AI-powered tools.
• xMap: Using AI to automate geospatial insights for real estate and construction businesses.

Malaysia

• FeedMe: Enhancing food and beverage operations with an AI-powered system that simplifies restaurant workflows.

Pakistan

• AdalFi: Boosting financial inclusivity with proprietary AI-powered credit scoring.
• Adlytic AI: Improving retail analytics by turning CCTV cameras into intelligent tools.

Singapore

• NexLaw: Streamlining litigation with an AI-powered legal trial copilot for law firms.
• Raijin.ai: Boosting sales effectiveness through a personalized AI sales copilot.

South Korea

• CipherData: Developing an AI-driven security operations platform to improve enterprise cybersecurity.
• Cliwant: Helping businesses analyze business documents quickly with AI.
• HayanMind: Boosting mobile app revenue for developers with automated solutions.
• Podonos: Delivering automated AI model analysis for builders.
• Sankun Inc: Creating AI-driven solutions for the construction industry to improve decision-making and automate workflows.
• Smoretalk: Supercharging creativity with its AI design assistant, Flamel.
• Testbank: Enhancing PDFs by integrating interactive AI features.

Over the coming months, these 23 startups will continue on their AI Academy journey which will wrap up in December with Grad Day. We look forward to seeing their evolved products, and the new connections they’ve built along the way.