Top Startups at Google Cloud Next 2026

A major theme at this week’s Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas is the company’s strategic push to attract and support AI startups on its platform. To solidify this commitment, Google has unveiled a series of initiatives aimed squarely at the startup ecosystem, headlined by a substantial new financial commitment.

The cornerstone announcement is a dedicated $750 million budget designed to help Google Cloud partners, from fledgling startups to established consulting firms, sell more AI agents to enterprise clients. This funding pool can be applied to various costs, including Gemini proof-of-concept projects, access to Google’s forward-deployed engineers, cloud credits, and deployment rebates. This move directly addresses a critical barrier for startups, scaling their enterprise sales efforts with significant financial backing.

Alongside this funding, Google showcased a diverse roster of startups that are either new to its platform or significantly expanding their existing use of Google Cloud. Several notable companies stood out in the presentation.

Lovable, the rapidly growing vibe coding startup, is expanding its footprint by launching a new coding agent through Google’s enterprise app marketplace. The company reported it was on a track for $400 million in annual recurring revenue as of February. Notion, the popular AI-infused productivity app valued at approximately $11 billion, is now leveraging Gemini models to power its text and image generation capabilities.

Another highlighted startup was Gamma, the AI-powered presentation tool recently valued at $2.1 billion, which utilizes Google’s advanced Nano Banana 2 image model and other cloud features. Inferact, a commercial inference startup from the creators of the open-source vLLM project, is accessing Nvidia GPUs through Google Cloud while also using the tech giant’s broader AI infrastructure stack. The popular open-source multimedia tool ComfyUI also offers access to Nano Banana 2 and is utilizing other cloud services.

Google’s spotlight extended to a wide range of other innovative startups across various sectors this year. These include ChorusView, with its AI-powered smart tags for supply chain tracking, and Emergent AI, another platform in the vibe coding space. In healthcare, ExaCare AI develops software for post-acute care facilities, while Proximal Health automates insurance claims adjudication.

The list also features companies like Insilica, which generates regulatory-compliant chemical safety reports, and Optii, which provides AI-enhanced software for hotel operations. Developer tools are well-represented by Parallel AI with its search APIs for AI agents, Temporal and its failure-resistant cloud environment, and Vapi for building conversational voice agents.

Other notable mentions span e-commerce, retail, and business services. Stord manages e-commerce fulfillment, Stylitics creates AI-generated images for retail styling, and ZenBusiness offers an all-in-one back-office platform for small businesses. Additional startups recognized include Reducto for AI document parsing, Vurvey Labs for synthetic market research, Wand as an in-game PC assistant, and Watershed for enterprise sustainability management software.

This collective showcase underscores Google Cloud’s focused strategy to become the foundational platform for the next generation of AI-driven companies, providing both capital and technological infrastructure to fuel their growth.