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IndiaAI Mission - Startup Financing and Application Development Initiative

Status

Status not published

Support is released through periodic IndiaAI challenge calls and expressions of interest; check indiaai.gov.in for live calls.

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Amount
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Funding support for AI startups and application development under the INR 10,372 crore IndiaAI Mission, delivered through themed challenges (IndiaAI Innovation Challenge, foundation models, AI for social impact) plus subsidised access to GPU compute. Award amounts are set per challenge.

Funder

IndiaAI Independent Business Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Support is released through periodic IndiaAI challenge calls and expressions of interest; check indiaai.gov.in for live calls.

Your odds
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This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Indian startups, researchers and institutions working on AI. Specific eligibility, including whether DPIIT recognition is required, varies by challenge.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · DPIIT recognition for Indian startups, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://indiaai.gov.in/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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