Real Startups, “Real” Impact

Tea farmers in Upper Assam were losing 15-20% of their crop to undetected fungal diseases with no affordable diagnostic tools.

A mobile app using computer vision to detect 12 common tea plant diseases from a phone camera, with treatment recommendations in Assamese.

5,000+ farmers onboarded, 18% reduction in crop loss for active users, Rs 2.3 Crore in cumulative savings for farmers.

AISF connected GreenHarvest with IIT Guwahati's AI lab for model training, matched them with a mentor from the tea industry, and facilitated their first pilot with a Jorhat tea estate.

Assamese Muga and Pat silk artisans earned a fraction of the retail price, with no direct access to premium buyers nationally or internationally.

A direct-to-consumer marketplace with NFT-based authenticity certificates, connecting 200+ weaver clusters to buyers in 15 countries.

200+ weaver clusters onboarded, 3x increase in average weaver income, exports to 15 countries within 18 months.

AISF matched SilkRoute with the Handloom & Textiles Department for initial weaver database, connected them with an angel investor through the portal, and supported their GeM registration.

Annual flooding in Brahmaputra basin districts causes massive displacement with minimal early warning infrastructure in rural areas.

Low-cost IoT water-level sensors deployed along rivers, feeding real-time data to a prediction model that sends SMS/WhatsApp alerts to communities 6-12 hours before flooding.

50,000+ households covered, 6-12 hour advance warnings, adopted by 3 district administrations as official early warning system.

AISF connected FloodWatch with NIT Silchar for sensor R&D, facilitated a pilot with Nagaon district administration, and matched them with a CSR-focused corporate partner for scaling.