Antler India Residency / AI Residency

Antler India backs founders from idea to early company formation and investment. Its 2026 AI Residency material references ₹4 crore investment for 11% equity, plus grant/perks in the program. Antler structures this AI-focused track as an investment of ₹4 crore for roughly 11% equity, with founders separately receiving a ₹2 lakh grant funded through a partnership with Hancock Prospecting and access to $1 million-plus in AI perks such as guaranteed Azure credits. Because decisions are made within about three weeks of the residency starting, the program favours founders who arrive with a validated problem thesis rather than an open-ended idea, and Antler's global network across 27-plus countries is positioned as a follow-on resource once a company graduates. It sits alongside Antler's broader day-zero residency model, which has historically also produced non-AI investments from the same cohort structure.