Google for Startups Accelerator: New Cohort Announced for Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey

Google is focusing on nurturing AI-First startups to support technically ambitious markets in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENA-T) region. A total of 15 companies will join as the new cohort in the Google for Startups Accelerator: MENA-T program, starting June 1.

In the fall 2025 program, 14 AI startups from 8 countries received over 230 hours of 1:1 mentoring from Google experts. Through this, companies achieved tangible results such as refining business strategies, accelerating AI/ML initiatives using Google Cloud, and improving product design.

The 2026 program will provide additional resources and training to help startups respond to regional geopolitical uncertainty. The 15 selected companies are as follows:

• BioTwin: Creating virtual twins using health data
• Coral: Real-time management of corporate sustainability processes
• Each::labs: AI-native developer workflow tools
• Hakeem: Transforming clinical research into real-time patient-personalized guidance
• inveon.ai: Deploying Agentic AI for e-commerce
• Jusoor Labs: Analyzing scientific experiments and improving learning outcomes
• Openfarming: Automating distribution workflows
• Plusfinity: Building AI-native learning infrastructure
• Promake: AI-based manufacturing design and production optimization
• Qanooni: Transforming legal work into structured and searchable workflows
• Repzo: Converting field data into natural language reports
• RFxAI: AI-based procurement and sales response evaluation
• Tapper: Anomaly detection and blocking fraudulent traffic
• TruBuild: Accelerating bid evaluation through construction data analysis
• Woliz: Voice AI digital ordering service for small business owners