We fund AI ideas from India.

A genuine look at your idea from the Incubator team. It's an application fee — it doesn't buy funding or a guaranteed response. We charge it so that the applications we get are from people who mean it, and so we can give each one real attention.

Only if we want to take it forward. We don't send individual replies to every application — we'd rather spend that time looking at ideas properly. If you don't hear from us, your application stays in the pool for future rounds.

There's no quota. We fund ideas we think we can genuinely build. Some months that's none, some months several. Most applications are not funded.

It depends entirely on the idea. There are no fixed amounts or funding tiers. We decide case by case, based on what a selected idea needs. Applying does not guarantee funding.

It's the combined amount our investor network has indicated it intends to deploy into early-stage companies. It isn't allocated to this programme, held by Designing Bulls or promised to any applicant. It describes intent, not committed funds.

No. It's a non-refundable application fee. We say this before you pay, and you tick a box to confirm you've read it. Refunds are issued only for duplicate payments or payments taken in error.

Only on ideas we fund, and the percentage is agreed in writing before any work starts. We never take equity from anyone we don't fund.

No. No prototype, no pitch deck, no business plan. One honest paragraph beats twelve slides.

We don't sign NDAs at application stage and we won't pretend otherwise. Your idea is considered by our team, but applying does not give you an NDA. Send what you're comfortable sending.

There's a free channel anyone can join for AI and funding updates — link at the bottom of this page. It isn't part of the application and it costs nothing.

Apply through the Designing Bulls Incubator. Fill a nine-field form describing your idea, who would use it, how it would make money and its current stage. No pitch deck, prototype or business plan is required. The ₹999 application fee is non-refundable, including GST. We contact you only if we want to take it forward. Most applications are not funded.

Anyone in India building or planning to build with AI can apply. There is no age, degree or existing company requirement. Applying does not guarantee funding. Equity on funded ideas is agreed in writing before work starts.

No. Designing Bulls is a private for-profit studio, not a government grant scheme. Equity is taken only on funded ideas, agreed in writing before work starts. The application fee does not guarantee funding, a call, a meeting or a response.