Maruti Suzuki selects 6 startups to co-create business solutions
Date: 12 May 2026
Maruti Suzuki India announced
the selection of 6 startups from the 10th Cohort of its flagship Accelerator
Program. The selected startups: Goat Robotics, SheerDrive, Schijnenn Digital,
GenbaNEXT, Swayatt Drishtigochar, and Swiftex, have been awarded paid Proof of
Concepts (PoCs), to co-create AI-based and technology-led solutions with Maruti
Suzuki. These solutions aim to further improve safety and efficiency in plant
operations, reduce product development time, strengthen material-level
traceability, and further enhance customer experience.
Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing
Director & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India Limited said, “As our operations
continue to grow, the solutions that we are co-creating with these startups
will enable us to further improve safety in our plants, help reduce product
design and development lead time, strengthen material traceability to support
our circularity efforts, and help our dealer sales executives engage with
customers more efficiently.”
He added, “At Maruti
Suzuki, we are committed to support Government of India’s ‘Startup India’
initiative through our innovation programs. These programs provide startups
mentorship, access to our facilities, and opportunities to work with our teams
in real business situations. This helps startups refine and scale their ideas
while also helping us modernise our operations and become future-ready.”
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Details of the startups
and project areas: Startup
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Solution
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Goat Robotics
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Safe and efficient movement
of materials
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SheerDrive
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Real-time, market-linked
used car price visualizer
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Schijnenn Digital
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Shorten product design and
development cycle
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Genba NEXT
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Material traceability:
Aiding in circularity efforts
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Swayatt Drishtigochar
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Predictive maintenance and
safe operation of industrial equipment
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Swiftex
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Sales assistance platform to
support dealer executives in efficient customer engagement
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