
Plenti
Surplus food marketplace
Pulse by Plenti: The sub-₹2,000 Edge-AI probe delivering 10-second FSSAI freshness verification to unlock India's commercial food surplus.
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An Initiative Of The Government Of India And Government Of Kerala
First Cohort · 2026
Building Sovereign and Applied AI Capabilities for India and Keralam
Pre-Incubation · Incubation · Acceleration
One application, evaluated by the Centre against the programme that fits best.
15
startups
selected
The cohort
The CAIK First Cohort 2026 brings together a selected group of startups working on AI-driven solutions across different domains. Together, the cohort reflects the programme's focus on building sovereign and applied AI capabilities for India and Keralam.
The startups
15 selected startups

Surplus food marketplace
Pulse by Plenti: The sub-₹2,000 Edge-AI probe delivering 10-second FSSAI freshness verification to unlock India's commercial food surplus.
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Legal Tech
Lejit is an AI-native legal platform that helps enterprises and financial institutions automate legal compliance, audits, due diligence, and litigation management.
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Helping hospitals get emergency CT/MRI/PET first-reads in under 2 minutes, instead of waiting hours for radiologist availability.
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FinTech / Enterprise Finance
Autonomous accounting intelligence, with humans on the loop where judgment and audit matter.
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Legaltech
Case management simplified for lawyers and litigants in India.
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Information and Media
A deep-tech startup developing advanced speech and language technologies for the professional audio industry, building a dedicated speech-processing ecosystem for cinema and broadcast.
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Mental Health Care
An AI-powered practice management and early intervention software platform designed for therapy centers, schools, and professionals supporting children with developmental disorders.
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Climate / AgriTech / Wildlife
Katidhan is working towards digitizing the world's perimeter while securing the future economy through its technological products and solutions.
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Enterprise / Document AI
Document management with private AI for governments and enterprises. Ask questions across confidential files and get cited answers, without your data ever leaving your servers.
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Healthcare / HealthTech
Trackt is a GLP-1 companion designed with clinical expertise for people on a weight-loss journey that simplifies daily tracking and side-effect awareness, detects early behavioral drift, and helps users return to safer, more sustainable routines.
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Industrial AI / Critical Infrastructure
Tranzmeo is world's first company to build OEM independent AI software platform for fiber-sensing applications.
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Pixolish — India's Intelligent Vision & Embedded AI Platform, integrating Camera Perception to AI Deployment for Next-Generation ADAS & Robotics Solutions.
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Practice management software for healthcare providers.
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AI Engineering
Real-time Computer Vision & Signal Processing Solutions.
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The open operating system for healthcare.
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