Washington D.C. – June 25, 2025 – Nowy, an emerging leader in travel AI, is proud to announce it has been accepted into the Google Cloud Startup Innovate Program and awarded $25,000 in Google Cloud credits. The credits will accelerate Nowy's development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions for the travel industry.

The Google Cloud credits will empower Nowy to further enhance its proprietary AI models to create unique trips, which are at the core of its innovative travel platform. The program specifically recognizes Nowy's distinctive approach to transforming social media content into personalized travel experiences, underscoring the potential of its technology to revolutionize how users plan and experience travel.

As part of the program, Nowy received cloud credits specifically designed to support the scaling of AI workloads, with potential expansion up to $350,000 as the company grows.

Transforming Travel Planning Through AI

Nowy's platform transforms social media content—videos, images, and posts—into personalized, instantly bookable travel itineraries. The Google Cloud partnership will enable Nowy to leverage advanced AI technologies including TPU optimization for machine learning workloads, Model Armor for AI safety, and global cloud infrastructure to deliver faster, more intelligent travel recommendations.

"This program has been transformative for our technical architecture and business trajectory," said Branda Fan, CEO and Co-founder of Nowy. "Having direct access to the engineers who built Gemini and learning about TPU optimization strategies that could reduce our AI processing costs by 2.5x—that's the kind of insight you can't get anywhere else. Google Cloud isn't just providing credits; they're providing a true partnership to help us scale responsibly."

Technical Innovation Focus

With the Google Cloud credits and technical guidance, Nowy plans to migrate from its current infrastructure to leverage Google's AI-first cloud platform, implementing advanced security measures through Model Armor for user safety, and optimizing its multi-agent AI system for global deployment using Google's private network infrastructure.

The collaboration provides Nowy with ongoing access to dedicated account management, customer engineering support, and Google's extensive AI/ML toolkit to continue innovating in the competitive travel technology space.

About Nowy
Nowy is an AI-powered travel platform that transforms social media inspiration into personalized, bookable travel experiences. By analyzing user preferences from social content, Nowy creates intelligent itineraries complete with routing, mapping, and instant booking capabilities. Founded in 2024, Nowy is based in Washington D.C. and is advancing the future of spontaneous travel planning.

Learn more at nowy.io

Media Contact:
Branda Fan, CEO & Co-founder
branda.fan@nowy.io
nowy.io