IndiaAI Compute Portal - Startups and MSMEs

Subsidised GPU hours from 14 empanelled cloud providers for DPIIT-recognised startups and MSMEs with AI/ML experience and revenue or funding traction.

What you get

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“IndiaAI Compute democratizes access to AI compute resources on the cloud by offering powerful GPUs at significantly lower costs. Indicative on-demand pricing as per 13th March 2026: NVIDIA A100 80GB (1X) ₹135.9/hour, A100 80GB (4X) ₹543.6/hour, A100 80GB (8X) ₹1087.2/hour. IndiaAI subsidizes approved projects, but users must bear additional costs beyond the subsidy.”

Equity takenNone, non-dilutive

Strings attachedIndiaAI subsidizes approved projects, but users must bear additional costs beyond the subsidy. Payments are made to the service provider as per their billing cycle. Approvals are valid for 30 calendar days, and users must start using the services within this period to avoid expiration.

Can you apply

VC backingNot required

Referral or partnerNot required

Registered companyRequired

IndividualsNot eligible

Open sourceNot required

CountriesIndia

Before you applyDPIIT Startup India recognition. Demonstrated experience in AI/ML. Annual revenue of INR 50 lakh or funding of INR 100 lakh. Registration and profile completion on the IndiaAI Compute Portal, followed by a compute request with a draft bill based on the rate list and a request for subsidy.

Startups & MSMEs: DPIIT Recognition, Experience in AI/ML, Annual rev 50 Lacs or Funding of INR 100 Lacs

When

Always open, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

What IndiaAI Mission funds

India's national AI mission, run as an independent business division under MeitY. Its compute pillar puts empanelled GPU capacity on a government portal at subsidised hourly rates for Indian researchers, students, startups and MSMEs building AI tools, technologies and foundation models.

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Details

Requests are submitted on a monthly cycle: between the 1st and 25th of the month, with the approved user list published on the 10th of the following month or the next working day. Approvals are valid for 30 calendar days. The portal publishes an hourly rate list and states that IndiaAI subsidises approved projects, but it does not publish a subsidy percentage or a per-user rupee cap, so no amount range is recorded here. Widely reported figures of a 40% subsidy could not be confirmed on the official portal.

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