Apply for the Google for Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity 2025

A hybrid program designed to support startups using AI to innovate responsibly in the cybersecurity market. The program will provide startups with the essential growth skills, internationalization strategies, and Google tools and products to help them scale.

A three-month program for the most promising startups using AI technology to grow and innovate responsibly in the Cybersecurity space, to provide them with essential growth skills, internationalization strategies, and Google tools and products to help them scale. Selected founders will work with a mix of Google and external industry experts in a series of workshops and will receive mentoring across strategy, sales, and partnerships.

After the initial three months of core content, startups continue to receive product support and mentorship from Google to help them address their challenges.

The kick-off and graduation sessions will be held in person. The locations will be made public in the coming months.

• Table of Content
• About Google
• Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity
• Aim and Benefits of Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity
• Requirements for Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, and Facebook. Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California. The company's rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond Google's core se... continue reading

Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity

Application Deadline	03 Dec 2024
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Google
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity

• Equity-free support: 3 months of equity-free support.
• Custom mentoring: Technical consulting, tailored support, and advice from Google mentors and industry experts.
• Strategic support: Support on company and product strategy.
• Ad-hoc leadership training: Learn more about effective leadership skills based on knowledge and data shared by Google.
• Go global: Support from mentors and Google teams on new international opportunities, to expand your business to new markets.
• Networking opportunities: Meet and connect with fellow founders to grow your network, learn from others, and contribute to a bigger community.

Requirements for Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity Qualification

Program criteria

• Seed to Series A startups that are looking to scale internationally.
• Focused on leveraging AI to address cybersecurity challenges such as prevention, protection, research, and/or threat analysis and sharing.
• Startups must have demonstrated traction (funding, users, revenue).
• Startups must have a scalable product or service, with both a significant total addressable market and a defensible growth model.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity

Timeline:

• October 3, 2024: Applications open
• December 3, 2024Application deadline
• December 2024 – February 2025Interview process
• March 2025: Cohort announcement
• March 2025In-person program kickoff
• June 2025In-person graduation

Application Deadline

December 3, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Google on googleforstartups.my.salesforce-sites.com to apply

For more details, visit Google website