# ARTPARK

> ARTPARK is an IISc-promoted nonprofit venture builder that helps translate AI, robotics and autonomous-systems research into startups and public-purpose tools. It combines early capital, shared manufacturing and testing facilities, technical mentorship and deployment partnerships, alongside language-data, health and skilling initiatives.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Bengaluru, India
- **Founders:** Umakant Soni (Co-founder and founding CEO), Bharadwaj Amrutur (Co-founder; Executive Director and Chief Technologist), Subhashis Banerjee (Co-founder (reported by YourStory in June 2022))
- **Products:** Technology Innovators in Residence (TIR), Venture Incubation Programme (VIP), ARTGarage, Project Vaani, RESPIN and SYSPIN
- **Notable:** 34 companies incubated according to the 2026 VIP page; portfolio cumulative valuation reported above ₹1,300 crore, not ARTPARK’s valuation., Established shared robotics and advanced-manufacturing infrastructure at ARTGarage., ARTPARK language page reports 31,200 speech hours across 109 languages and 165 districts.

## Products & services

- **Technology Innovators in Residence (TIR)** — Supports early-stage technologists with lab-validated, differentiated technology to develop prototypes and discover a market; a 2026 call was published.
- **Venture Incubation Programme (VIP)** — 2026 programme for incorporated deep-tech startups: up to ₹2 crore direct equity investment, 12-18 months of incubation, facilities and deployment partners.
- **ARTGarage** — 75,000-square-foot shared manufacturing and testing facility in Jalahalli with fabrication, robot testing, GPU compute and a live 5G test lab.
- **Project Vaani** — IISc/ARTPARK speech-data initiative funded by Google; data released under CC-BY-4.0. ARTPARK reports 31,200 hours, 109 languages and 165 districts as accessed October 2026.
- **RESPIN and SYSPIN** — Indian-language speech-recognition and speech-synthesis research programmes.
- **Health & Climate** — Co-innovation in disease surveillance, heat-risk prediction, health data and AI tools; its page reports a pregnancy copilot in production with over 6,000 users.
- **XraySetu** — WhatsApp-accessible AI-assisted chest X-ray interpretation developed with IISc and Niramai; DST reported a pilot with over 300 rural doctors in 2021.
- **Academy** — Robotics and AI workshops, manufacturing training, student projects and educator programmes.
- **CoE Wired & Wireless Technologies** — Karnataka-backed communications research, 5G testing and skilling at ARTGarage.

## Achievements

- 34 companies incubated according to the 2026 VIP page; portfolio cumulative valuation reported above ₹1,300 crore, not ARTPARK’s valuation.
- Established shared robotics and advanced-manufacturing infrastructure at ARTGarage.
- ARTPARK language page reports 31,200 speech hours across 109 languages and 165 districts.
- XraySetu pilot with over 300 rural doctors reported by DST in 2021.
- Hosted TIPS 5.0 at IISc on 11-12 November 2024, bringing together 23 technology innovation hubs.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — CEO Raghu Dharmaraju discussed early-stage venture building, customer collaborations and physical AI in an Indian Express interview.
- **2026-05** — TIR 2026 call published with an application deadline of 22 May.
- **2026-06** — VIP 2026 call offered up to ₹2 crore in equity investment with a 15 June application deadline.
- **2026-10** — Website accessed in October reports a planned nine-acre BRAINz campus and a ₹1,000 crore fund being built; these are plans, not verified completed construction or a closed fund.

## Links

- Website: https://www.artpark.in/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/artpark-in/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/artparkindia
- GitHub: https://github.com/ARTPARK-SAHAI-ORG
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW_92hCpIIoiYsR5NYebEag
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artpark_india/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/artparkindia

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Last updated: 2026-10-08