In an official update dated August 11, 2026, MeitY confirmed the Rs 10,372 crore IndiaAI Mission has onboarded more than 38,000 GPUs for its common compute facility - over three times the original 10,000-GPU target - and is providing this capacity to Indian startups and academia at heavily subsidised rates. Under the scheme, general AI workloads get up to a 40% compute subsidy while startups selected to build foundational AI models receive up to a 100% compute subsidy.
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IndiaAI Mission crosses 38,000 GPUs, offers subsidised AI compute to startups
Why this matters for founders
AI and deep-tech founders can apply through the IndiaAI Compute Portal to rent H100-class GPUs at roughly 40% below commercial cloud pricing, or bid into the Foundation Models call for proposals for a 100% compute subsidy, cutting a mid-size training run's cost by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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