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
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 . While Qualcomm Deep tech
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.
