T-Hub has launched the semiconductor cohort of the Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) T-Hub Foundation programme to foster innovation and entrepreneurship across semiconductor startups.

The six-month programme is designed to aid entrepreneurs in navigating the challenges of scaling the startup through expert-led workshops, specialised mentorship, market access, and investor and industry connections. It will mentor 20 startups with potentially disruptive technologies that could reshape semiconductor supply chains in the future. They will be selected based on technological innovation, market readiness, scalability, and team composition.

T-Hub partners such as the Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) and Qualcomm will provide startups free access to electronic design automation software tools for very large-scale integration (VLSI) front and back-end development and evaluation platforms to design, validate, and simulate fabless designs. T-Hub and AIC, along with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Hyderabad will help startups with prototype pre-production concepts of semiconductors and other aspects.

Applications for the programme will be accepted till September 5, 2022.