Best AI accelerators 2026
23 ai programs. Ranked programs come first; unranked ones are marked n/r. ai deadlines.
| # | Accelerator | Location | Verticals | Headline check | Fixed equity | Deadline | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a16z speedrun | San Francisco, CA | aiconsumer | $500,000 | 10% | Closes Nov 1, 2026 | 60 |
| 3 | Entrepreneur First | London / San Francisco / Bangalore | deeptechaipre-team | $125,000 | 8% | Closes Nov 2, 2026 | 49 |
| 8 | Y Combinator | San Francisco, CA | aifintechb2b | $500,000 $125,000 buys the fixed % | 7% | Closes Nov 2, 2026 | 36 |
| 12 | Betaworks Camp | New York, NY | ai | $250,000 fixed % comes with no fixed-price cash | 5% | Closed – next TBA | 25 |
| – | AI Grant | San Francisco, CA (summit) | ai | $250,000 | — | Not published | n/r |
| – | AI2 Incubator | Seattle, WA | ai | — | — | Not published | n/r |
| – | Accel Atoms | India | generalistai | — | — | Not published | n/r |
| – | Conviction Embed | San Francisco, CA | ai | $250,000 | — | Not published | n/r |
| – | Entrepreneur First Bangalore | Bangalore, India | deeptechaipre-team | — | — | Closes Nov 2, 2026 | n/r |
| – | Founders Inc | San Francisco, CA | aiconsumerhardware | — | — | Not published | n/r |
| – | Pear VC PearX | Menlo Park / San Francisco, CA | aibio | — | — | Not published | n/r |
| – | Techstars AI Health Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | healthai | $220,000 $20,000 buys the fixed % | — | Closes Nov 18, 2026 | n/r |
| – | Creative Destruction Lab | Toronto, Canada | deeptechaiquantum | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator | Regional cohorts (hybrid) | aicloudclimate | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa | Africa (hybrid) | ai | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator: Australia & NZ | Australia / NZ (hybrid) | ai | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator: Brazil | Brazil (hybrid) | ai | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator: Europe | Europe & Israel (hybrid) | ai | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator: India | India (hybrid) | ai | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator: North America (AI for Energy) | North America (hybrid) | aienergyclimate | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Google for Startups Accelerator: Southeast Asia | Southeast Asia (hybrid) | aigeneralist | — | 0% | Closed – next TBA | n/r |
| – | Microsoft for Startups | Unconfirmed | aicloud | — | 0% | Not published | n/r |
| – | NVIDIA Inception | Unconfirmed | ai | — | 0% | Rolling | n/r |