Middle East, North Africa and Turkey
Google for Startups Accelerator: Middle East, North Africa and Turkey is a ten-week program designed for startups across the region who are using technology in innovative ways to solve scalable needs in the market. All accepted startups will receive mentorship and support from the best of Google and our global mentor network in AI/ML, Cloud, UX, Android and Google Play, Web, Product Strategy, and Marketing.
Middle East, North Africa and Turkey
About the program
About the program
A global series of programs
Each cohort of 10-15 startups comes together to tackle technical challenges that can help grow their businesses through a mix of remote and in-person, 1-to-1, group learning sessions, and sprint projects.
Dedicated expert help
Founders outline the top technical challenges for their startup, and are paired with experts from Google and the industry to solve those challenges and grow their business.
Specialist deep dives
Accelerators include deep dives and workshops focused on product design, customer acquisition, and leadership development for founders.
Google product benefits
Early access to AI products: Eligible participants receive Early Access Program and Trusted Tester benefits for Google’s AI products.
Cloud credits: Startups interested in utilizing Cloud credits during the Accelerator may apply here, subject to eligibility review and approval.
Cloud TPUs: Participants are eligible to receive free Cloud TPU access to accelerate open source machine learning research. Find out more.
Key benefits
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Equity-free support
Equity-free support for the duration of the program.
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Mentoring
Dedicated mentoring from Google teams.
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Training
Exclusive invitations to technical bootcamps hosted by Google where offered.
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Access to experts
Access to Google's network of industry experts.
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Early access to AI products
Access new Google AI products and tools as relevant through Trusted Tester and EAP benefits.
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Google product credits
Eligible startups receive product credits.
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Strategic support
Support on company and product strategy.
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Technical project partnership
Work hand in hand with experts from Google on your biggest tech challenges.
Entry criteria
Entry criteria
- Startups demonstrating traction, ideally between Seed and Series A stage
- Building a scalable product or service with a significant total addressable market and defensible growth model
- Deeply technical, preferably leveraging technologies like machine learning and AI
- Commitment from CTO and/or technical roles to participate and engage in required program sessions
- We are committed to building accelerator classes with great startups, and encourage applications from all qualified startups
Key Dates
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June, 2026
Program Kick-off
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September, 2026
Graduation
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September, 2026
Demo Day
Meet the Cohort
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AI turns fragmented, noisy health data into a continuously updated virtual twin that detects risk earlier and recommends next-best actions. Without AI, clinicians and individuals get static snapshots and late signals, which drives missed prevention opportunities and higher cost.
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We are replacing the manual work in the sustainability process for enterprises. So management has a real time overview of everything sustainability and sustainability officers can focus on impact instead manual workflows.
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Building generative AI products requires coordinating multiple AI models, modalities, and providers, which quickly becomes complex, fragile, and hard to scale. Eachlabs uses AI-driven routing, orchestration, and monitoring to automatically manage model selection, reliability, and performance across evolving AI systems.
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HakeemDx uses AI to solve the problem of medical knowledge overload, where clinicians cannot keep pace with more than a million new medical studies published each year while making time-critical decisions. Our platform translates the latest evidence into real-time, patient-specific, explainable clinical guidance embedded directly into clinical workflows, reducing uncertainty and improving care quality.
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We are solving the operational bottleneck in e-commerce where teams are overwhelmed by manual, fragmented tasks. By deploying Agentic AI, we provide autonomous digital employees that independently plan and execute high-value workflows like real-time ad optimization and inventory management.
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Schools lack visibility into how students engage with experiments and where learning gaps occur. We use AI to analyze experiment interactions, generate insights for teachers, and improve learning outcomes at scale.
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Food distributors lose revenue because procurement and sales decisions are manual, fragmented across channels, and hard to execute across suppliers, customers, and languages. Our AI agents automate these workflows end-to-end so distributors can buy and sell inventory faster, reduce stockouts and waste, and protect margins.
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We are solving the problem of deploying AI in education without structure, reliability, or scalability by building AI-native learning infrastructure. Our system enables AI to generate, adapt, and operate on structured interactive learning representations at scale, rather than unstructured text or static content.
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Non-technical SMBs are locked out of digital commerce by fragmented tools, technical setup, and ongoing operational complexity. We use AI to turn natural language intent into secure, end-to-end, revenue-ready businesses—handling build, deployment, and operations automatically.
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Qanooni uses AI to turn slow, manual, repetitive legal work into structured, searchable workflows so lawyers can review, draft and manage matters faster with less manual effort.
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Repzo uses AI to turn complex field data into natural language reports that managers can easily understand and act on. An AI assistant supports field reps in real time, guiding them on priorities, next actions, and issue resolution.
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AI for end to end procurement and sales process creation response evaluation.
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We apply machine learning to detect behavioral and device-level anomalies that indicate invalid traffic before it reaches our customers’ conversion funnels. This ensures ad platforms optimise on real human signals rather than fake or distorted data.
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TruBuild addresses the challenge of analysing large volumes of unstructured construction procurement data with limited time and inconsistent human review. Its AI enables faster, objective evaluation of tenders and contracts while maintaining full auditability.
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Nanostore owners often lack time, literacy, or digital skills to use complex ordering systems. Woliz uses AI, especially Voice AI, to let them place orders naturally by speaking, making digital retail tools accessible, fast, and practical at scale.
Frequently asked questions
The Google for Startups Accelerator: Middle East, North Africa and Turkey program is equity-free for all participating startups. Please note that we do require all founders (CEO and CTO) and appropriate team members to be available to join all elements of the program.
Through a combination of 1-to-1 and 1-to-many learning sessions, startups will receive technical support and mentoring from experienced engineers and business experts from Google and the wider ecosystem throughout the program. This support will be specifically tailored to the needs of the startups' businesses. Along with being paired with specialized Startup Success Managers (SSM) from Google, participants will also receive further training on how to use our best practices, tools, and personnel. At the end of the program, the cohort will present their achievements in a Demo Day in front of Google teams, mentors, investors, partners and key stakeholders from the EMEA startup ecosystem. After the program ends, startups will continue to receive support via the Google for Startups Accelerator Alumni program and network.
The program, designed in a hybrid format for participants from the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, will run from April to June 2026. It will commence in April with a kickoff event, followed by virtual training bootcamps, 1:1 mentoring sessions, and various experiential learning opportunities. The program will culminate in an in-person Demo Day and Graduation ceremony in June 2026.
Selected startups will be eligible for the Google for Startups Cloud Program, with your first year of Google Cloud and Firebase usage covered with credits up to 350k$ (subject to terms and conditions).
Startups must meet specific criteria to be eligible for Google product credit offerings. To learn more about the Google Cloud credit eligibility requirements, please visit the Google Cloud startup page.
Yes. You can view our alumni on the directory page.