500+ Startups Head to India Mobile Congress as DeepTech Takes Centre Stage
India Mobile Congress 2026 runs 7–10 October in New Delhi, with its ASPIRE startup programme expected to bring together 500+ startups and MSMEs and 300+ investors around DeepTech.
Aiexl. · 02 October 2026 · 1 min read
India Mobile Congress 2026 will take place 7–10 October at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, with DeepTech and frontier technologies central to its ASPIRE startup programme.
According to the organisers' announcement, ASPIRE is expected to bring together more than 500 startups and MSMEs and more than 300 venture capital firms, angel networks, incubators and corporate innovation firms, with over 700 curated startup-to-investor meetings planned.
Focus areas include AI, intelligent hardware, connectivity, semiconductors and SpaceTech, with the programme centred on helping companies move from prototypes towards market opportunities, investment and scale.
A broader technology ecosystem
For students, this demonstrates how broad India's emerging technology ecosystem is becoming:
AI + Hardware + Semiconductors + SpaceTech + Connectivity + DeepTech
Takeaway: Technology careers increasingly exist at the intersection of multiple engineering disciplines.
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