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A new week brings a fresh Google initiative targeting AI startups. We started the month with the announcement of Gradient Ventures, Google's on-balance sheet AI investment vehicle. Two days later we watched the finalists of Google Cloud's machine learning competition pitch to a panel of top AI investors. And today, Google's Launchpad is announcing a new hands-on Studio program to feed hungry AI startups the resources they need to get off the ground and scale. The thesis is simple -- not all startups are created the same.