🚀 The Rise of AI x Climate Accelerators

From decarbonisation to biodiversity tracking, AI-driven startups are tackling the biggest environmental challenges of our time. But how do these companies get from idea to impact?

Answer: A growing wave of AI x Climate Accelerators—programs designed to equip founders with funding, mentorship, and technical support to scale breakthrough solutions.

Three of the players in this space right now:

🌍 Climate Collective – AI-driven startups tackling decarbonisation, nature restoration, and resilience.
🔍 Google’s AI for Nature & Climate – Backing AI-powered climate startups in North & Latin America.
☁️ AWS Compute for Climate – Helping AI startups optimise cloud computing for sustainability.

Climate Collective: AI x Climate Accelerator 2025 Cohort

After reviewing 400+ applications, Climate Collective just announced its 9 breakthrough AI-driven climate startups, tackling everything from food security to flood risk.

🌱 Why This Matters:

• AI is revolutionising early pest detection, crop resilience, and carbon removal.

• These startups are using AI to predict, measure, and scale climate solutions faster than ever before.

• 4 of the 9 startups are led by female founders.

✅ AgriG8 – AI-powered financial insights unlocking affordable loans for smallholder rice farmers.
✅ Asoba – AI-driven forecasting to supercharge energy grids.
✅ Farmer Lifeline Technologies – AI-powered early pest detection to prevent crop loss in Africa.
✅ ICE Solar – Micro-utility solar grids bringing energy to underserved businesses.
✅ Materia Chemistries – AI-driven sustainable materials innovation.
✅ Neuralwatt – AI making computing more energy-efficient.
✅ Planetary Intelligence (PI) – AI transforming environmental data into corporate climate solutions.
✅ TierraSphere – AI-enhanced carbon removal and food security solutions.
✅ True Flood Risk – AI-powered climate risk assessment for properties and insurance.

👉 Full announcement: Read more

Google AI for Nature & Climate: AI Meets Impact

Google’s accelerator is focused on AI-driven nature restoration & climate solutions in North & Latin America.

🚀 Startups they support include:

• Perimeter – Using AI to track global deforestation in real time.

• Bluefield – AI-powered water management systems for drought resilience.

• Open Climate Fix – Machine learning for solar energy forecasting to reduce grid inefficiencies.

🔗 Learn more: Google AI for Nature & Climate

AWS Compute for Climate: Supercharging AI-Powered Sustainability

AWS is backing AI-first climate startups by offering computational power, funding, and technical expertise.

🔥 Why this matters:

• AI models demand huge computing resources—AWS helps startups scale without massive infrastructure costs.

• Their Compute for Climate Fellowship supports startups optimising cloud computing for climate impact.

🔗 Learn more: AWS Compute for Climate

Why This Matters for Founders & Investors

🌍 For Founders:
🚀 These accelerators provide access to funding, mentorship, and AI infrastructure—all crucial for early-stage startups.
💡 If you're working on an AI-driven climate solution, these programs could fast-track your growth.

💰 For Investors & Innovators:
🔥 Climate AI is one of the fastest-growing deep tech sectors—accelerators like these are pipeline builders for the next wave of high-impact startups.

How to Get Involved

🚀 Startups: Apply to upcoming AI x Climate accelerators to access funding & mentorship.
🌎 Investors: Follow these cohorts to discover high-potential startups solving global challenges.
💡 Ecosystem Builders: Share these opportunities with founders & technologists in climate AI.

My name is Ben Keene and I love building tribes: purposeful, entrepreneurial communities harnessing smart tech to making more of what the world needs.

I am the co-founder of Raaise, an AI powered platform to help pro-planet businesses get the funding they need, faster and cheaper.