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Building the next generation of real-world AI systems! Here’s a look back at AI Engineers Day! We spent the day with India’s top AI developers, technical founders and engineers, moving from deep technical sessions and insightful keynotes straight into hands-on build hours focused on voice agents, developer tooling and agent orchestration. A huge thank you to OpenAI and Peak XV Partners for partnering with us to make this happen. Hit play to see the builder ecosystem in action ▶️👇 @aakrit @177pc @OpenAI @peakxvpartners

Incredible energy at the Activate x OpenAI Builders Session in Bangalore yesterday! Big thanks to Thomas Jeng, Sun Weiran, Harshit Marwah & Arjun Gupta from @OpenAI for breaking down the future of Codex & general-purpose agents. The next wave of AI workflow primitives is being built right now! @aakrit @177pc

Signal Dialogues #01 is live. We built Signal because there wasn’t a clear, consistent voice telling the story of AI in India — across founders, capital, research, and policy. For our first episode, @aakrit sits down with @vkhosla and @mukundjha to go over the rise of Emergent — probably the fastest growing software company in history to hit $100M ARR. Shot at the sidelines of the @OfficialINDIAAI summit at the iconic @iitdelhi. Timestamps: 00:00 – Intro: Fastest Growing Software Company Ever? 07:28 – Mukund's Journey: Google → Dunzo → Emergent 22:23 – You're Limited by What You Think You Can Do 27:08 – The $3M Bet That Built the Internet 47:11 – $100B AI Company From India?

A look back at last week in New Delhi during the India AI Impact Summit 📸 Activate hosted a closed-door, Founder's Table breakfast with @matiii (Co-founder, @elevenlabs) and an incredible group of unicorn founders. Kept strictly off-the-record, but the takeaway is undeniable: Voice is the next massive leverage in AI! @aakrit @177pc @alokebajpai @rajnishkumar @sharad_sanghi @_sankyy @iPuneetGupta @neerajroy @vikramchopra @amitjain @Harish_Bahl

Exciting news from the India AI Impact Summit! @nvidia has entered a multi-year collaboration with Activate to support India’s next wave of AI startups. The NVIDIA Inception Program is a game-changer for our founders and here's why: 1️⃣ Direct Expertise: Access to NVIDIA technical support, CUDA integrations and open-source models like Nemotron. 2️⃣ Early Access: First-look at new NVIDIA products and features to accelerate product development. 3️⃣ Strategic Support: Joint identification of high-potential startups. Activate joins top funds like PeakXV & Accel in the NVIDIA Inception program. India is ready to lead the Global AI story! Read more about it here: 🔗ET: tinyurl.com/ET-NVIDIA-Acti… 🔗Moneycontrol: tinyurl.com/MC-NVIDIA-Acti… 🔗TechCrunch: tinyurl.com/TC-NVIDIA-Acti… @aakrit @177pc

Kicked off the #IndiaAISummit2026 on Monday night with a room full of the builders, backers and policymakers shaping our sovereign AI stack 🇮🇳🦾 It was great to co-host @SarvamAI x Activate: IndiaAI Summit Opening Night, for a night of off-the-record, high-signal dialogue on infrastructure and scale. The future of Indian AI is looking bright (and very busy)! @aakrit @177pc @pratykumar @vivek_raghavan

Incredible fun hosting this session today at the @OfficialINDIAai Summit. Honor to have @vkhosla join us along with @pratykumar of Sarvam and @sharad_sanghi of Neysa, together with our co-hosts @peakxvpartners led by @mobhat. India's AI moment is truly here. 🇮🇳 🚀

High-signal dialogue at the #IndiaAISummit! Activate x @peakxvpartners concluded "Founders & Funders: The India AI Capital Ecosystem" with @vkhosla, @mobhat, @sharad_sanghi, @pratykumar and @aakrit. Key focus: 🔹 Building frontier AI from India 🔹 The evolving VC landscape 🔹 Policy as a catalyst 🔹 Scaling for global markets The AI era is India’s to lead!

@aakrit is now live with @CNBCTV18News at the #IndiaAISummit2026. Great conversation about the massive AI impact we’re seeing across the ecosystem and how @ActivateSignal is driving that change. India’s AI decade is officially here! Tune in here: youtube.com/live/jYndj1Grp…

"Investors are looking for proof of progress, customer traction and iteration cycles, rather than just revenue." Our Founder, @aakrit shared his insights with @moneycontrolcom on the current state of India’s AI funding cycle and Activate’s mission to back AI-native startups at inception 🚀 🇮🇳 Full story: moneycontrol.com/news/business/…

"India’s real breakthrough will come from strengthening its research ecosystem." 🇮🇳 At the #AIImpactSummit, @aakrit discusses why India must move from a "testing lab" to a global leader in applied AI innovation. Read his take in the @moneycontrolcom article here: #google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">moneycontrol.com/artificial-int… #GenerativeAI #India #TechNews