Overview
- Applications are open for Google’s Market Access Program, offering training on enterprise selling, complex pricing, and international buyer behavior.
- Selected startups will receive introductions to global CIOs and CXOs and in‑market immersion with partners such as TiE Silicon Valley and Alteus.
- Participants gain access to Google’s Gemini and Gemma models, including MedGemma 1.5 for advanced medical imaging used with AIIMS and FunctionGemma for on‑device function calling.
- Google highlighted its planned Global AI Hub in Visakhapatnam as a future 1‑gigawatt infrastructure anchor, building on last year’s $15 billion investment disclosure.
- On National Startup Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for AI built on Indian servers and said the IndiaAI Mission has onboarded over 38,000 GPUs to support startups.