AWS, iTNT partner to help startups to build GenAI solutions

Cloud services company AWS announced today that it is working with Tamil Nadu Technology (iTNT) Hub to launch a generative AI startup hub program. iTNT is an innovation hub established by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Information Technology and Digital Services Department (IT&DS, Government of Tamil Nadu), along with industry support. The initiative will focus on developing solutions for public-centric initiatives through the startup ecosystem in Tamil Nadu.

The program will help startups collaborate with industry players to build generative AI solutions for government, healthcare, education, and non-profit sectors. This new initiative was announced during the ‘Generative AI Startup–Venture Capital’ mixer event held by AWS and iTNT Hub in Chennai.

The generative AI startup hub program aims to support startups and innovators at all stages of maturity, including incorporated startups, mature startups, individual innovators, and pre-incorporated teams. Eligible startups will be allowed to leverage expertise and resources from AWS. Each eligible startup will receive up to $10,000 in AWS credits to experiment and build with more than 240 fully featured services on AWS, including services and solutions such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q. Upon fulfillment of eligibility criteria, the startups may even be onboarded to the AWS Partner Network (APN), which can enable these organisations with product acceleration, and market access and expansion.
 
“AWS recognises the transformative potential of generative AI, the value it can offer to public sector organisations and citizens, and the role that startups can play in accelerating innovation and developing solutions for adoption,” said Sunil PP, Lead — Channels and Alliances, Public Sector, AWS India Private Limited. “By collaborating with iTNT Hub, we aim to nurture a startup community that has core capabilities and strengths in generative AI, accelerate innovation using generative AI, and help public sector organisations implement solutions that can create positive and scalable impact in society.”