Brandworks Technologies today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) at the India AI Summit 2026, marking a significant step toward strengthening India’s deeptech and AI hardware startup ecosystem. Through this collaboration, both organizations aim to accelerate innovation, co-create AI-led hardware solutions with early- and growth-stage startups, and establish scalable commercialization pathways across the Electronics and IT domain.
Moreover, with active support and strategic guidance from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Brandworks Technologies will curate and manage a robust network of manufacturing partners, compliance advisors, and ecosystem collaborators. This network will support startups across product engineering, scale-up, and commercialization stages. Additionally, Brandworks brings deep execution capabilities to the partnership, backed by its expertise in research-driven, design-led product development, advanced R&D, and high-precision manufacturing.
Importantly, the two-year MoU establishes a structured collaborative framework focused on strengthening India’s startup ecosystem, particularly in Electronics and AI hardware. At the same time, the partnership promotes intellectual property creation and the development of globally competitive products.
As part of this strategic engagement, Brandworks also announced the MSH–Brandworks Global AI Exchange Platform 2026. This cross-border AI OEM and ODM execution framework enables global AI hardware IP to be localized, manufactured, and scaled in India, while simultaneously supporting India-built AI innovations in expanding to international markets. Furthermore, the platform introduces a structured 0–180 day commercialization pathway, supported by ready manufacturing networks, ecosystem partners, and policy alignment. Consequently, this initiative reinforces Brandworks’ vision of “Designed in India, Built in India, Built for the World.”
Following the MoU signing, Brandworks unveiled a new portfolio of AI-powered hardware products, including the AI Voice Recorder, AI Speaker, and AI Glasses. Through this launch, the company expanded into intelligent, AI-native devices integrated with its proprietary LLM-backed AI infrastructure, aimed at accelerating AI adoption across enterprise, institutional, and public-sector use cases.
“India has the talent and the market to lead in AI hardware, and this partnership is a step towards institutionalizing that ambition. With our fully integrated AI stack and manufacturing capabilities, Brandworks is building the infrastructure required to design, engineer, and scale intelligent devices at global standards. The products launched today represent our contribution and alignment with the vision of ‘Built in India, for the world,'” said Ishwar Kumhar, CEO & Co-founder, Brandworks Technologies.
At the core of the new launch, Brandworks positioned its AI Voice Recorder as a wearable device offering multilingual AI transcription, automated summaries, and up to 20 hours of continuous recording. In addition, the company introduced its AI Speaker, which delivers a multilingual voice interface powered by its proprietary LLM engine for real-time processing across more than 50 languages. Expanding further into wearables, Brandworks also unveiled its AI Glasses, a lightweight, voice-first device designed specifically for enterprise applications. Notably, all three products operate on Brandworks’ fully integrated, in-house AI architecture spanning hardware, proprietary models, and secure backend infrastructure.
During the India AI Summit, Brandworks showcased its end-to-end AI architecture that enables seamless device orchestration, subscription management, and contextual AI processing across voice, text, and visual inputs. Significantly, the company developed the entire stack in-house, ensuring flexible deployment, enhanced data control, and independence from third-party AI engines.
Through its strategic collaboration with MeitY Startup Hub and the launch of its AI-native hardware portfolio, Brandworks reaffirmed its commitment to building globally competitive AI hardware platforms from India. At the same time, the company continues to contribute meaningfully to a robust, innovation-led deeptech startup ecosystem.
Brandworks Technologies Private Limited operates as a next-generation Indian electronics company specializing in design-led product development, advanced R&D, and high-precision manufacturing. The company delivers advanced solutions across AI and IoT hardware, audio systems, power and charging technologies, automotive electronics, and renewable energy devices. Ultimately, Brandworks remains focused on building a globally competitive electronics ecosystem rooted in innovation, sustainability, and engineering excellence.
