Manas Pal, Co-Founder, PedalStart
“The 2026 Budget marks a pivotal moment for India’s startup ecosystem, it’s not just about yearly relief, it’s about building lasting infrastructure, policy stability, and capital availability that founders need to transition from building incremental apps to creating foundational, globally competitive technology companies. This Budget’s focus on expanding digital and data infrastructure, strengthening funding channels, and enabling AI and deep-tech innovation lays a more predictable and strategic foundation for startups to scale, attract investment, and drive global impact”.
Inderjit Makkar, Founder & CEO, Factacy AI
“Budget 2026 has officially turned AI into a national utility for Viksit Bharat. The ₹1 lakh crore DeepTech fund and National Compute Credits solve the infrastructure hurdle, while the ‘Education to Employment and Enterprise’ (EEE) committee ensures AI drives massive job generation. For Factacy, this validates our AIaaS mission: leveraging sovereign intelligence to help India capture its goal of a 10% global share in services exports by 2047”.
