Building 2nd Gen-AI products from India for the world
Fully-funded 6-month accelerator for AI startups solving real problems and delivering value
Evaluating applications on rolling basis
What we offer?
Unrestricted seed capital upto ₹40 lakhs
120+ hours of 1:1 mentoring from experienced founders & product leaders
Access to the Global Customer Advisory Board across the globe (US, Europe, Singapore)
Support with recruiting, finance, and legal matters so you can focus on impact
ACE Process
We run a 6 month accelerator program in Delhi NCR. During this time we work intensively with founders on deeply understanding the problem, innovating on solutions, launching pilot & preparing them for fundraising. In short, we become your co-founding team for the 6 months.
Support strong founding team
Help identify and fine-tune the ICP/user segment
Refine a go-to-market strategy
Help refine the product and sharpen the offering
Iterate to reach product market fit
Build a scale up & fundraising strategy
Fueling the AI Startup Revolution
We have AI expertise to solve hard problems systematically
ACE Timeline
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Invitation for Applications
Start Date: 20th January
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1x1 nurturing sessions with the founders
Date: 1st feb - 30th Mar
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1-week in-house evaluation program and offer
Date: Early April
Cohort Starts
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Start Date: 19th May
About ACE Program
Meet the Founders
Varun Aggarwal
Founder, Aspiring Minds with $100M exit, MIT alum
Shailendra Nath Jha
Product leader, ex-MMT, Spinny, ISB alum
Shubham Bansal
Founder Leapclub.in - a YC backed startup, EPFL & IITD alum
Global Customer Advisory Board
Driving Innovation Through Expert Insights
Our Customer Advisory Board brings together industry leaders to guide early-stage AI startups with real-world expertise, helping them validate ideas, solve user pain points, and build impactful solutions.
Mohit Garg
Co-Founder & CEO @ Tapistro - US
Manuj Sethi
Global Head, Pre-sales Center of Excellence, SHL, Canada
Apoorv Mathur
Product Portfolio Manager Siemens, ex-Amazon - US
Ashish Gupta
VP - Strategy and Business Development, Circles - Singapore
Anish Jain
Strategic Partnerships@Google - Singapore
Chhavi Arora
Partner @ McKinsey & Company - US
Kaveri Mishra
Director, Digital @ EMK Capital, ex-MakeMyTrip, Adobe, ISB alum - Germany
Sudip Shah
Director of Product, Gen AI @ Meta, ex-Amazon, Yahoo, ISB alum - US
Rakesh Ranjan
VP - Product, InMobi - US
Abhishek Rathore
Senior Product Manager @ Indeed, ex-Rakuten, IIM-L alum - US
Tarun Kumar
Senior Product Manager @ Amazon, ex-Magicbricks, IIM-A alum - US
Karan Jain
Engineering Manager at Apple
Bipin Duggal
Senior Director Silicon Design Engineering @AMD
Bhaskar Rao Vedula
Principal PM Manager - Azure Service Fabric, Ex-Amazon
Toshit Bharara
Senior Commercial Director - APAC at foodpanda | Ex Zomato, BCG, ITC
ACE Mentors
Himanshu Aggarwal
CDO - SHL, co-founder & CEO - Aspiring Minds, Investor
Tarun Bhalla
Founder & CEO at Avishkaar
Soumitro Ganguly
Adtech & Martech leader, Amazon, ex-CarDekho
Abhimanyu Bish
ex CEO - Venture Catalyst, Raising his own fund
Mukul Singhal
Co-founder, Partner at Parvega Ventures
Pranav Bhasin
Director Product & Engineering, Amazon, ex-MMT, Trilogy & entrepreneur
Anirudh Maitra
Product at WhatsApp (Meta), ex-Google, MakeMyTrip
Kavita Gupta
Senior Director Client Development at Kantar
Vibhu Bhushan
Co-founder Gradeup (acquired by Byjus), ex-Yahoo, ex-Naukri
Mayur Chaudhary
Global Head, UxDesign & Research, OLX Autos, ex-Myntra, Microsoft, Cisco
Ashish Dua
Principal Product Manager at Amazon, ex-Wynk Music, MakeMyTrip
Vikram Sharma
Co-Founder and CEO at Wify
Srivathsa M S
Product Leader @Vista, Ex-Amazon,Salesforce
Saurabh Deorah
CEO and Co-Founder at Advantage Club
Bigyan Bista
Biotech Investor, MIT Alum
Jinesh Shah
Founder@AltX Ventures, YC Alum
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