NetApp picks five deep-tech startups for its 15th Excellerator cohort

NetApp India has selected five deep-tech startups for the 15th cohort of its Excellerator accelerator programme, The Times of India reports. The cohort spans India, the United States and Israel: LightSprint AI, an AI-native software engineering platform; Wald.ai, semantic data loss prevention for AI communications; Lasso Security, cybersecurity for generative-AI applications and large language models; Cogover, a no-code and low-code workflow automation platform; and QUIPU AI, a knowledge intelligence platform that converts enterprise data into AI-ready contextual intelligence. The programme offers founders access to NetApp's technology leaders, mentorship, data-infrastructure expertise and proof-of-concept engagements. Two of the five, Cogover and QUIPU AI, come through ExcellerateHER, NetApp's initiative for women-founded and women-led startups, which has supported 23 women-led startups since launch. Vasanthi Ramesh, vice president of engineering and site leader at NetApp India, said the selected startups are addressing key challenges enterprises face while deploying AI at scale.

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