About This Fund
The Google AI Futures Fund is a strategic investment initiative launched by Google Labs in 2025 to back early-stage and growth-stage startups building transformative products powered by Google's artificial intelligence technologies, including the Gemini model suite, Imagen, and Veo. Managed by Alphabet Inc. through Google Labs, the fund operates on a rolling basis with no fixed application window, considering investment opportunities across seed, Series A, and later stages based on strategic fit rather than a cohort or batch model. Portfolio companies receive a combination of equity investment, early access to Google DeepMind's frontier AI models before general availability, generous Google Cloud credits, and hands-on mentorship from Google's engineers, researchers, and business development professionals. This bundle of resources is specifically designed to accelerate the development of AI-native products across all sectors, from healthcare and education to consumer applications and enterprise software. The fund explicitly focuses on founders building meaningful AI integrations — applications and services that leverage AI as a core capability rather than as a peripheral feature. Google's strategic rationale is to create an ecosystem of AI-powered companies that drive adoption of Google's AI platform and model infrastructure, while generating financial returns and advancing the broader state of applied AI. Unlike traditional venture funds with fixed sizes and defined LP commitments, the Google AI Futures Fund operates as a corporate venture programme with flexible capital allocation determined by Alphabet, reflecting the fund's hybrid role as both a financial investor and a strategic platform builder.