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[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

This weekend was special. We had hard tech builders from all over the country come down for Curiosity 2026. There's a lot of technical depth and ambition, and I believe India has a right to win here. If you have a strong insight that you're keen to build on, apply here https://t.co/YvqiUWxNrg

[South Park Commons India @spc_india]

Curiosity 2026, played harder...than even we had imagined!

We've said it before. The creativity, resilience and ambition of Indian builders, is on another level!

The proof was in the room.
2 days. 30 hard/deep tech teams.
Whole lot of caffeine. (not much sleep)
And the best memories.

Some glimpses, before we do some more in-depth recaps soon!

[Julia Chaigneau @juliachaigneau]

Thanks to the @spc_india team for inviting us in Bangalore this weekend for the Curiosity event.

We were there representing the studio and how design is the only way for deep tech teams to bridge the communication gap in storytelling at any stage.

Absolutely loved meeting all the very talented and dedicated founder/teams presenting their work. Thanks to all for sharing what you are building.

[Nihal Shetty @Shetty_nhl]

@spc_india hosting a super show as always!

[PsyMod @PsyMod]

LFG, @spc_india you are indeed building a beautiful deep tech builders ecosystem

Bullish on young peeps mindset and Bharat first energy

[Aditya Bhaskara @adityabhas22]

Curiosity by @spc_india was a MASSIVE hit. Great exposure by creating a high talent density this weekend at IIMB. We need more people who believe in, and back deep tech startups to build for the global stage

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

@cybersahu Looks great!

[South Park Commons India @spc_india]

Just a day away!

Curiosity 2026.
Our biggest hard/deep tech event ever.

Watch teams compete science-faire style, showcasing their live demos...for ₹1.25 Cr+ in grants, $85 K in OpenAI credits and more.

This is the last call to apply to attend. Please register on Luma, as we have to close the guest list.

Big thank you to all our partners!

Powered By @artparkindia
Tech Partner @OpenAI
Ecosystem Partner @nsrcel
Legal Partner @ikigailaw
Fintech Partner @Razorpay

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

@pacificleo @juliachaigneau @prachiruns @spc_india Here you go https://t.co/3NmQshD2qi

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

This is happening tomorrow @spc_india !

[South Park Commons India @spc_india]

Excited about our next '-1' chat, which will literally take us into orbit!

We’re hosting Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla a.k.a @gagan_shux at SPC India, where he will be in conversation with @adityaag!

Fighter Pilot. Astronaut. First Indian to visit the ISS.

Let's hear from him about what it means to operate at the edge of human capability, and what the future of space explorations holds.

RSVP soon, limited seats.

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

Physical AI lives or dies on hardware.

Tomorrow at @spc_india, A fireside with Dr. Boyd Fowler (Stanford PhD, pioneer of the CMOS image sensor that sits inside every smartphone) and Vrinda Kapoor @VrindaKa (CEO of BharatSemi)

RSVP here: https://t.co/NbsOsVMyZO

[Prateek Mehta @prateekmehta42]

Last week I made a trip to NCR for a minus one chat with the eponymous @deepkalra. I first met Deep way back in 2011, when he was an investor and also a board member at @zovi. He was later an investor in @scripbox as well. He's one of those leaders who have possibly seen the ups and downs of a startup journey play out over and over again across cycles and across multiple black swans.

And it was a heck of a day to have this chat!
-> @makemytrip just crossed $1Bn+ revenue
-> Arsenal had just won the league after 22 years. Deep happens to be a Gunner…which itself is an exercise in resilience and survival, IYKYK!

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

@carrycooldude @spc_india Dm'd you

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

Applications closing tonight!

If you're building in hard tech and frontier sciences in India...rockets, robots, fusion, biotech, semis, physical AI and all that, you should be apply to compete at Curiosity 2026 by @spc_india.

₹1.25 Cr+ in grants, $85k+ in OpenAI credits, live demos and booths for showcase. It's time for the hard-mode builders in India, to have a platform like this. See you there.

Apply here https://t.co/z6IcROfBVa

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

@carrycooldude @spc_india You can collaborate now :)

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

https://t.co/sSfm3G5q7i

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

Some fun action at SPC SF last weekend. Cant wait for next weekend in BLR! Deets below

[South Park Commons @southpkcommons]

Hacking on hardware with a collaborative twist.

Last weekend, 25+ teams came together to ship working prototypes at the intersection of intelligence and the physical world.

Check out the winners below 🔽

[Finn Meeks @finn_meeks]

The last 5 years have been dominated by LLMs.

@gravicle makes a compelling case for visual intelligence dominating the next 5.

We discussed the journey from @southpkcommons, to @LumaLabsAI, to world models (what does this even mean!?).

Enjoy!

(00:00) Apple's LiDAR work seeded Luma's founding vision
(05:05) - A free app was secretly a data collection operation
(06:49) H100s made video generation stop feeling impossible
(10:00) Most definitions of "world model" are simply wrong
(14:37) Why unified models beat pure video scaling
(20:03) Luma Agents and the end-to-end creative production loop
(23:00) The knowledge gap no model can close alone
(29:34) Blowing James Cameron's mind in five minutes
(31:16) Why consumer video generation failed—and who it's actually for
(35:23) - Product and research aren't independent things at a foundation lab

[Finn Meeks @finn_meeks]

AI is coming to the physical world.

We spent a weekend at @southpkcommons experimenting with getting software, hardware, and different form factors to collaborate.

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

Details and application here -https://t.co/EibIL3TRNu

[Ankit Chowdhary @ankitcc]

This is for all Physical AI and Bio x AI builders out there! Apply in the link below

[South Park Commons India @spc_india]

Thrilled to welcome @OpenAI as the Tech Partner for Curiosity 2026, in Bengaluru.

They are enabling standout winners in select categories, with up to $85,000 in credits!

This is our exclusive showcase for India's most ambitious deep-tech builders — where finalists will demo, science-faire style, before investors, judges & institutional leaders.

Apply now to compete! Link below: