NVIDIA and Qualcomm Power $1.8B Boost for India’s Deep Tech Growth

Swaraj

Published on November 11, 2025

Nvidia and Qualcomm have joined the India Deep Tech Alliance to boost innovation in AI, semiconductors, and robotics. With over US $850 million in new commitments, the initiative aims to strengthen India’s deep tech ecosystem through funding, mentorship, and global collaboration

India’s quest to be a world deep tech juggernaut gained major ground as two well-known American tech firms became part of a rising investor group targeting speed of innovation in the nation. While Qualcomm Ventures has promised money and support to the same effort, Nvidia is now a Founding Strategic Advisor to the IDTA.

Begun in September 2025 with an initial pledge of over US $1 billion, the India Deep Tech Alliance (IDTA) has now increased its promises to around US $850 million in additional money, in addition to the previous donation. Encouragement of companies in fields like AI, semiconductors, robotics, quantum computing, and space technologies, areas that Indian entrepreneurs and policymakers view as essential for long-term competitiveness, is the focus of the alliance.

Nvidia will offer deep learning training materials, sped up computing knowledge, and comments on policy work and ecosystem growth in its advisory capacity. CEO Jensen Huang praises rapidly rising AI startup nscale is currently located with almost $700 million in fresh funding from Nvidia, the most valuable firm in the world. While Qualcomm, on the other hand, will direct funds and establish links to its worldwide networks, portfolio partners, and embedded systems expertise. According to Indian startup gurus, this type of support counts since companies in deep technology usually need more capital, longer development cycles, and less consistent revenue than those in software-only sectors. Deep tech investment in India increased by 78% last year to approximately US$1.6 billion, yet it still made up just a small portion of all startup funding, data from the industry showed.

This project also matches the Indian government’s own push for research and development, which includes a US$12 billion project advancing basic technological development, production, and invention. Although the IDTA is not organized like a typical pooled fund, participants have pledged co-investment, deal flow sharing, mentoring, and cooperation on infrastructure support and policy.

For India’s startup ecosystem, the entrance of large technology corporations and their networks signals a turning point: an opportunity for deep tech businesses to access not only money but also worldwide expertise, hardware access, and scale-up strategies.