Application · Inaugural Cohort

Tell us who you are.

Six short sections. Should take 20–30 minutes. We read every word. Applications close May 31, 2026.

Sections

01Founder
02Who you are
03Company
04Progress
05Program fit
06Video

Founder

Full name *

Email *

Current location *

LinkedIn *

One other link (optional)

We look at work, not résumés. Send us the best window into how you think.

Co-founders *

Who you are

What's the most impressive thing you've built, shipped, or figured out—outside this startup? *

Specifics over credentials. A project, a hack, a weird result—whatever you're secretly most proud of.

Tell us about a jugaad moment. *

A time you hacked together a solution, skipped the line, or got what you needed a weird way. Small stories are fine.

Why you? Why this? *

Company

Company name *

Website or demo (optional)

What are you building? (1–2 sentences, plain English) *

Who's the customer, and how do they get by today without you? *

What do you understand about this market that competitors don't? *

Why now? *

How will you make money? *

Progress

What have you shipped? *

Link preferred. Ugly and working beats polished and theoretical.

Demo link (optional)

Users, revenue, pilots, design partners—be specific. *

Write “none yet” if you're pre-launch. We don't penalize that.

Raised anything? From whom, how much. Currently raising? *

Program fit

Where is your target customer today? *

IndiaUSGlobalOther

Anything else about your customer geography? (optional)

Top 2–3 things you need most from Shakti *

Pick up to three. Helps us design the program around the cohort.

Customer introsInvestor introsProductGo-to-marketHiringCommunity

Any other accelerators you've done or committed to? *

Write "none" if none. We're fine with YC, Antler, etc.—just want to know.

Video

Unlisted YouTube link, max 2 minutes *

One founder, one take. Tell us about you—not the pitch. Unlisted is fine; we'll keep it private.

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