Empowering founders to build the future with Artificial Intelligencetechnology

Our program is designed to equip you with essential resources and tools to pave the way for your success. Drawing from Accel’s experience in company building, we assist you in identifying the right customers who can serve as design partners. The program also provides a vibrant community to ensure a dependable network for problem-solving and support.

We invest in

Startups in India, Singapore, Indonesia, and the UAE

Startups where AI is an integral part of the product

The Accel Atoms AI cohort comprises of two distinct components:

AI Community

Open for everyone
building in AI

AI Accelerator

A selected cohort of
up to 5 companies

AI Community

Accel Atoms organizes a number of events, webinars, conferences, hackathons which are open to anyone who wants to be part of the AI community. Our mission is to make experts and information accessible to everyone. We strongly believe that a community of founders, builders, and experts is the cornerstone of rapid adoption of AI.

COLLABORATING WITH EXTERNAL AI COMMUNITY

We also support local communities and AI meetups in different cities. If you are a community admin, write to us at atoms@accel.com, on how we can help your community.

Applications Closed

AI Accelerator

Accel Atoms will select a cohort of up to 5 companies, giving them access to:

Investment of up to $500K
A community of 200+ Accel founders
The Global network of Accel partners and founders
Up to $5M+ in perks and benefits from our partners

Perks:

Google Cloud Platform

$250K in GCP credits, Hands-on workshops, Qwiklabs access for 1 month

Microsoft Azure

$150K in Azure credits, GitHub credits, 25 Microsoft 365 seats for 1 year, Visual Studios Enterprise and more

Amazon Web Services

Up to $100K in AWS credits

What kind of companies are we investing in?

We use the following framework to consider companies working with AI.

AI Builders

Foundational AI research and products

Companies that are building models and techniques in:

Text, Audio, Video, 3D & AR/VR, Faster Vector Stores, AI Security, Explainable AI, AI Hardware, GPUs and more.

AI Enablers

Tools for using AI

Tools that make it easier for product and engineering teams to build AI products, including:

Programming Frameworks, LLM Ops, ML Ops, Prompt Management Tools, AI Observability, Feature Engineering, Steam Processing, Data Integration, ETL Data Governance and more.

AI Users

AI-enabled consumer, horizontal and vertical SaaS applications

Companies that leverage AI to craft better customer experiences, and significantly boost productivity in areas such as:

SaaS, Healthcare, Education, Fintech, Robotics, Gaming and more.

Our Portfolio in AI

Accel’s investments in AI have provided us invaluable insights and domain knowledge.

Program Overview

Through this accelerator, we want to support founders building the emerging AI Stack and facilitate them to be the next industry disruptor.

Connect With:

200+ Accel portfolio founders
Investors
Global Accel Network

Be a part of:

Company building workshops
Cohort meetups
AI community meetups
Connects with industry buyers & customers
Expert talks + Accel organized AI events

Pitching & Fundraising:

Pitch deck building
Mock pitches
Investor events

Key Dates - Current Cohort

APPLICATIONS OPENED

31st July '23

We will receive applications till
10th September for our upcoming cohorts

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

10th Sept ’23

Teams will be informed as and when they
are accepted into the program

COHORT STARTS

9th Oct ’23

Facilitation of the cohort, including both
online and offline sessions

FAQs

Who is the AI Atoms cohort for?

Companies across early stages, including idea-stage and pre-product. Startups in India, Indonesia, Singapore and the UAE. Startups where AI is an integral part of the product.

Till when can we apply for the AI Atoms cohort?

We will accept applications on a rolling basis till the 10th of September, 2023.