Activate, a venture capital fund that specialises in early-stage AI startups, has formed a partnership with NVIDIA to offer founders access to the global chipmaking giant’s development resources. The statement was made in New Delhi during the ‘India AI Impact Summit 2026’, which is now underway. An artificial intelligence (AI) startup, Haptik’s former CEO and cofounder, Aakrit Vaish, established Activate to invest in businesses during their “inception” phase. Startups who win funding from Activate will have access to NVIDIA’s Nemotron family of open-source models for constructing agentic AI platforms, as well as mentorship from NVIDIA.How Activate and NVIDIA’s JV will Help Startups?The open parameters, weights, training data, and recipes of Nemotron will be available to the founders. To facilitate the rapid deployment of AI agents, these scripts are frequently pre-configured and available for users to download and execute independently. Structured learning tools and resources, reference workflows, computational and ecosystem development, and hands-on technical training sessions will supplement the model access. As a result, developers will have more standard methods for deploying, optimising, and scaling applications on NVIDIA’s GPUs.In addition to assisting Activate in finding possible founders and teams nationwide, NVIDIA will also help organise developer enablement and community-building initiatives. According… Read MoreStartupTalky- Business News, Insights and Stories
