Featuring startups including ANSCER Robotics, Pulse Energy, and QNu Labs, the cohort focuses on enterprise AI, robotics, industrial intelligence, and quantum-safe innovation.
SAP Labs India has announced the launch of the SAP Startup Studio Cohort 2026, marking ten years of its flagship open innovation accelerator. The program is designed to help startups co-innovate, develop enterprise-ready solutions, and scale through SAP’s global ecosystem. This six-month accelerator brings together high-potential startups working across enterprise AI, agentic systems, quantum-safe security, robotics, cloud infrastructure, industrial intelligence, and sustainable manufacturing. With a strong emphasis on “build with SAP,” the cohort enables deep collaboration with SAP’s product and engineering teams. Tailored for both early- and growth-stage startups, the program offers access to SAP leadership, enterprise customers, partners, and global commercialization opportunities. The selected startups for the SAP Startup Studio Cohort 2026 include ANSCER Robotics, Oorja, Vizionsys Technologies, Astrikos, Drishya AI, Endee Labs, Grevoro, Quanfluence, QNu Labs, FUSKI AI, Ardent, Neoflo, SaarthiOS, Perceptory AI Labs, SecuAI, and Pulse Energy.
The cohort was chosen through a multi-stage evaluation process that included pitch sessions with SAP leaders and domain experts, assessing enterprise relevance, depth of innovation, scalability, and potential for co-building within SAP’s ecosystem.
Speaking on the occasion, Sindhu Gangadharan, MD, SAP Labs India and President, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, said, “At SAP, we believe meaningful innovation is driven through strong ecosystems, deep collaboration, and the ability to co-create with startups addressing real business and industry challenges. As we mark a decade of SAP Startup Studio, we are proud to continue fostering a platform that enables startups to work closely with SAP’s product, engineering, customer, and partner ecosystem to build scalable, enterprise-ready innovations for global customers.
The 2026 cohort brings together startups working across areas such as enterprise AI, agentic systems, robotics, industrial intelligence, energy innovation, and quantum-safe security — technologies that are expected to play an increasingly important role in shaping the future of enterprises and industries worldwide. We look forward to supporting these startups through mentorship, collaboration, and access to SAP’s global innovation ecosystem.”
SAP Startup Studio is designed to guide startups through a structured innovation journey that spans co-creation, validation, commercialization, and scaling. The program provides access to SAP leadership, domain experts, enterprise customers, and its global partner ecosystem, along with opportunities for go-to-market collaboration and enterprise adoption.
The 2026 cohort focuses on key areas such as enterprise AI and agentic systems, quantum computing and secure enterprise technologies, cloud and platform innovation, industry transformation, and emerging fields including robotics, distributed cloud, and enterprise automation. Through the Startup Studio, SAP continues to strengthen India’s position as a global innovation hub while enabling startups to scale enterprise impact through collaboration and co-creation. Past participants in the program include QpiAI, Cloudworx, Yellow.ai, Skillate, AgriPilot.ai, MedySeva, Intelekt AI, Prodoc AI, and Avysh, among many others.
The program further reinforces SAP’s role as an ecosystem orchestrator, uniting startups, SAP product teams, customers, and partners on a single innovation platform that supports a continuous cycle of co-creation, validation, commercialization, and scaling to drive the next wave of global enterprise transformation.
