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An Initiative Of The Government Of India And Government Of Kerala

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
Digital India
IndiaAI Mission
Government of Kerala
Digital University Kerala
Innovation Incubator
Applications Closed: First Cohort 2026

Startup Programmes · Minimum 6 Months

Acceleration

Scale adoption, enterprise and government access, investment readiness and market expansion.

Who Should Apply

Founders with a working, AI-capable product already validated by real customers, pilots or usage, who are ready to scale adoption, pursue enterprise or government access, and prepare for their next round.

What You'll Work On

  • Scaling adoption across new customers, users or markets
  • Pursuing enterprise and government access and procurement pathways
  • Strengthening go-to-market, pricing and growth operations
  • Hardening the product and AI system for production use
  • Preparing for the next round of fundraising

What CAIK Can Enable

  • Enterprise and government access facilitation
  • Go-to-market and growth support
  • Investor readiness support and introductions
  • Significant compute access for production workloads, needs-based and subject to availability
  • Regulatory and IP guidance

Compute, cloud and sandbox access is need-based and subject to technical suitability, programme relevance, availability, and approved usage and allocation policies. It is not an entitlement.

Expected Outcome

Demonstrated scale, enterprise or government adoption, and readiness for the next round of capital.

The Centre facilitates enterprise, government and investor access based on programme fit, readiness and partner interest. It does not guarantee contracts, procurement, pilots, customers or investment.

Programme Structure

Months 1–3

Execution focus: developing enterprise and government pathways, strengthening go-to-market, and hardening the product and AI system for production use.

Months 4–6

Outcomes focus: converting pipeline into adoption or contracts, investor engagement, and preparing for the next stage of growth.