August 2026 · NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore

Ethan AI selected for the Women Startup Program at IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL.

Cohort 6 · a grant at no equity, and an eight month incubation.
Ethan AI stall at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, with the Women Startup Program
Ethan AI at NSRCEL, the startup incubator of IIM Bangalore.

Ethan AI has been selected into cohort 6 of the Women Startup Program at NSRCEL, the startup incubator of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. The selection followed two earlier applications.

NSRCEL is one of India’s oldest institutional incubators, and the ventures it has supported now cross seven billion dollars in combined value. The Women Startup Program, run with Kotak Mahindra Bank, backs women led ventures with a grant at no equity, an eight month incubation, mentorship from founders and investors, and a place at its investor pitching forum.

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Cohort, Women Startup Program

The programme: run by NSRCEL with Kotak Mahindra Bank · mentorship from founders and investors · a place at the NSRCEL investor pitching forum.

What the year ahead funds

The programme supports the year ahead: expanding the behavioural dataset to cover further safety critical behaviours, running larger clinical validation, and extending the pilots.