Nvidia aims to enable 500 startups over next 12 months

New Delhi: Nvidia has partnered AI Grants India (AIGI), a registered non-profit foundation, to support early-stage AI founders through its inception startup programme, with an aim to enable up to 500 new AI startups over the next 12 months, reports Supriya Roy.

Under the collaboration, founders building via AIGI will gain access to Nvidia's developer tools, infrastructure and ecosystem support. Nvidia is offering what AIGI described as its "full stack of resources," though the quantification of credits or computing support has not been finalised.

AIGI, co-founded by Bhasker Kode and Vaibhav Domkundwar, defines a "startup formed" as a company registration. Domkundwar said AIGI is less than nine months into operations and the 500-startup target is aspirational but may very well be breached. Over the past few months, AIGI said it has enabled more than 1,500 builders, supported over 100 idea-stage AI startups and facilitated over one billion tokens across model platforms. The latest announcement comes alongside the India-AI Impact Summit 2026.