ENA Sectors 2023-08-02 16:10:49 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, Aug 2 (KNN)</strong> Google has announced that it will provide financial support to startups founded by women in the Asia-Pacific region with a special dedicated fund, reported Forbes Asia.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The fund, called Google for Startups Women Founders Fund, will provide USD 100,000 in equity-free cash to six female-founded startups this year.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">It will focus on startups in India, Japan and South Korea before expanding into other Asia-Pacific markets.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">For now, the Google for Startups Women Founders Fund will focus on startups in the field of artificial intelligence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">As AI technology rapidly accelerates, Mike Kim, the Singapore-based Asia-Pacific head of Google for Startups told Forbes Asia that its important for underrepresented minorities and women to be part of the development process and not be left behind.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Kim will also runs the Google for Startups Women Founders Fund said, but whats more important than the amount is that this fund puts founders on a global platform to get recognition from VCs around the world for additional funding. <em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 34305 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/google-to-fund-ai-startups-by-women-founders-in-asia-pacific-region 2023-08-02 16:10:49 knnindia.co.in