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Who received approval under IndiaAI’s shared compute programme?
A March 2026 parliamentary reply listed 190 approved IndiaAI projects across six applicant groups. By August, the government reported that 237 projects had accessed subsidised compute, with an aggregate 9.318 million GPU-hours reported.
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The count is projects approved, rather than people, organisations or hours used.
Government projects were the largest category
The March reply counted 78 projects with government entities, 46 with startups and MSMEs, and 30 with early-stage startups. Together the two startup and MSME categories accounted for 76 of 190 approvals, close to the government group’s count. The categories report projects, so they do not establish how many distinct organisations took part. Source 1
Researchers and students appeared in three groups
Researchers or academia accounted for 27 projects, students for five, and early-stage researchers for four. The government reported these as separate groups. The six displayed counts sum to 190, which is the denominator for the March snapshot. Source 1
The portal pools equipment offered through providers
The ministry reported more than 38,000 GPUs empanelled through 14 providers in March, with eligible users able to discover and access compute through the portal. The later factsheet put shared capacity at more than 45,000 GPUs as of June. These are reported equipment counts at different dates. Source 2 Source 1 Source 3
The August data track access and GPU time
By August the government reported 237 projects accessing subsidised computing and 93.18 lakh GPU-hours, equal to 9.318 million hours. A GPU-hour is one accelerator for one hour. The aggregate cannot show how many hours each applicant group received. The March approvals and August access counts also measure different stages. Source 3 Source 1