Cohort 1 · The OG · August 2026
A full-time residential undergraduate programme in Bangalore. You don't study business here — you build companies with real customers and real revenue, from Term 1, mentored by founders and CXOs who have done it.
Cohort 1
We're starting at twenty, not two hundred — and being in the first cohort is not a consolation prize. It's the whole offer.
Twenty students against the full mentor bench. Every founder session is small enough that you're in the conversation, not the audience.
There is no upper year to copy. What the OG cohort builds, argues about, and ships becomes the standard everyone after you inherits.
The businesses this cohort launches are the case studies the programme is judged on. That cuts both ways, and it's the point.
What makes it different
Launch four ventures during the programme — a D2C brand, a Gen AI product, a content business, and a full startup. Real customers, real revenue, from Term 1.
Classes are led by founders and operators who have built and scaled businesses. Every session is a live case you break down, debate, and build a playbook from.
Three internships working directly under startup founders. Real strategy and real decisions — not coffee runs or admin.
150+ hours of hands-on curriculum, from no-code prototyping to fine-tuning open models, building agents, and shipping products to paying customers.
600+ hours of business fundamentals across six specialisations, taught by academics alongside practitioners. Rigour meets relevance.
International immersions built into the programme, working alongside founders and operators in the world's major startup hubs.
AI-native curriculum
Seven terms, each ending in something shipped.
| Term | Focus |
|---|---|
| Term 1 | AI foundations & no-code tools |
| Term 2 | Voice AI, multimodal & agentic AI |
| Term 3 | Vertical AI, automation & rapid prototyping |
| Term 4 | Fine-tuning & open-source models |
| Term 5 | AI agents & autonomous systems |
| Term 6 | Scaling AI products & systems |
| Term 7 | Capstone thesis & launch |
Admissions
Applications are evaluated on potential, not just academics.
Class XII enrolled or passed out from 2024 onwards. No minimum percentage requirement.
Science, commerce, arts — all welcome. We evaluate your builder mindset, not your stream.
Curiosity, ambition, and evidence of initiative — projects, leadership, or any creative work you've started yourself.
A 30-minute session on the programme, campus, curriculum, and outcomes. Compulsory before applying.
A short written and video assessment to understand how you think and solve problems. No preparation needed.
Tell us about what you've built, led, or started, and why you want to build with AI. We want to know who you are beyond grades.
A 45-minute conversation with the admissions team and a faculty member. No trick questions.
Communicated within 10 working days: selected, waitlisted, or detailed feedback for a future application.
Cohort 1 begins this month and a small number of the 20 seats remain. Late applications close [FINAL DATE]. With an intake this small we review them in the order they arrive.
Fees
Scholarships available up to 75% of tuition, awarded on potential rather than marks alone.
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | ₹14,00,000 |
| Year 2 | ₹12,00,000 |
| Year 3 | ₹10,00,000 |
| Year 4 | ₹4,00,000 |
| Total programme fee | ₹40,00,000 |
Inclusive of tuition and GST, admissions and onboarding, academic resources and technology, and campus infrastructure. Accommodation is ₹3,00,000 per year additional; global immersion costs are additional. Financing is available through partner banks with repayment tenures up to 12 years.
Register your interest
The cohort begins this month, so we're moving quickly. Leave your details and a counsellor will call you within one working day to walk you through the remaining steps.