Google has selected 29 startup companies to participate in its Google for Startups Accelerator: AI for Energy program.

Encompassing companies in both North America and Europe, the ten to 12-week programs will see the firms receive dedicated mentorship from Google experts and its partners, as well as hands-on technical support and access to its AI tools and Google Cloud infrastructure.

The overarching goal of the program is to accelerate the development of AI-driven solutions for sustainable and reliable energy.

Reflecting on the news on LinkedIn, Adam Elman, sustainability director at Google, said: “This is more than just a program; it’s a commitment to accelerating the essential shift to a clean and resilient energy grid. These groundbreaking companies are leveraging AI to create solutions that span the entire energy value chain, from electricity generation to grid operations and flexibility.”

The North America cohort of companies includes:

• Blumen – Expedites infrastructure projects using regulatory and geospatial data insights.
• Cedalio – Helps companies control energy costs and eliminate manual work.
• DaisyChain Energy – Manages energy for building revenue and savings.
• Derapi – Connects to distributed energy resources for data and control.
• Dili – Uses AI to accelerate new energy construction.
• Lōd – Offers grid-aware energy intelligence that optimizes data centers for risks, costs, and compliance.
• Mercury Computing – Provides flexible utility interconnection for data centers, speeding time to power.
• Monalee – Builds AI OS for distributed home energy, solar, batteries, and EV chargers.
• MyPebble – Helps enterprises optimize cloud for AI workloads, saving costs and energy.
• Othersphere – Deploys sustainable infrastructure using a novel spatial economics platform.
• Pila – Builds a modular battery mesh for resilient, intelligent grid assets.
• Pravāh – Optimizes grid operations, cutting utilities’ power costs using ML.
• Rock Rabbit – AI platform for green building incentives.
• Salient – Uses AI and climate expertise for accurate long-range weather forecasts.
• Spark AI – Offers an AI planning and workflow tool for large-scale energy infrastructure developers.

The European Cohort includes:

• Delfos (Spain) – enables efficient and predictable energy generation for renewable energy asset owners.
• Enkel (Denmark) – an EV charging platform with algorithmic trading at its core to make sub-second decisions across all power markets.
• Enline (Portugal) – provides sensorless digital twin technology and data solutions to optimize assets, boosting efficiency & sustainability.
• Ento (Denmark) – provides AI intelligence and APIs for buildings to turn raw energy data into real savings and compliance at scale.
• Gilytics AG (Switzerland) – helps to standardize the optimal planning and routing of energy infrastructure in a matter of minutes instead of months.
• Gorilla (Belgium) – empowers energy retailers to reinvent their offerings to align financial and net-zero goals, unifying decision-making across the value chain.
• Gridcog (United Kingdom) – provides flexible, powerful, accurate, and accessible modeling solutions for flexibility assets.
• KAKTI (Denmark) – creates AI-driven optimisation solutions that help district heating companies reduce costs, improve efficiency, and support a more flexible energy grid.
• Podero GmbH (Austria) – helps lower electricity prices by steering flexible devices and trading their power on energy markets.
• reLi energy (Germany) – provides battery operators with advanced analytics and cost-based optimization, enabling smarter operational decisions.
• Tewke (United Kingdom) – provides an intelligent home energy platform to lower energy usage and costs.
• Tibo Energy (Netherlands) – unlocks grid capacity with AI-driven tools to plan, simulate, and operate smart energy systems for cost and carbon efficiency.
• Tilt Energy (France) – a 100 percent software-based platform to manage electricity consumption and demand-side flexibility.
• Twindo (Netherlands) – helps renewable energy construction and maintenance projects avoid delays and cost overruns for scalable operations.