Winner, Maruti Suzuki Accelerator Cohort 9

About the programme

The Maruti Suzuki Accelerator is the startup programme of Maruti Suzuki India. Winners get a paid proof of concept with Maruti Suzuki. Cohort 9 was the first to include international startups: 26 finalists, 19 from India and 7 from Germany, pitched at its demo day.

The nine winners were Frinks AI, mistEO, Com Olho, ProSolvr, Eligere Technologies, Caire, Syn2core, Talonic and our team.

On stage at Innovation Day 9

The winners were announced at the Cohort 9 demo day, Innovation Day 9. Our team received the 2nd Runner Up award: a Maruti Suzuki Accelerator "boarding pass" from New Delhi to Tokyo and a Baleno key.

In the media

• Maruti Suzuki press release, 19 June 2025
• The Week (PTI): Three German startups among winners of Maruti Suzuki's accelerator program
• Entrepreneur India: Maruti Suzuki announces winners of 9th Accelerator cohort
• Autocar Professional: Maruti Suzuki selects nine startups for ninth Accelerator Program cohort
• siliconindia: Maruti Suzuki picks 9 startups in global accelerator debut
• Maharashtra Lokmanch: Pune-based startup selected by Maruti Suzuki to drive open innovation, 20 August 2025

What it means for us

Our post at the time: “Truly honored to be recognized by an industry leader like Maruti Suzuki amidst such a strong pool of innovators.”

Automotive is one of the segments we serve. Car makers and dealers need to know where every vehicle is, at the gate, in the yard and in the service bay. Our cameras read plates and log vehicle movement without tags or manual entry.

This was not our first work with the automotive industry. In 2023 our team won the 6th NASSCOM CoE Manufacturing Innovation Challenge, which had Maruti Suzuki Innovation as challenge partner, for camera-based vehicle tracking in a service centre.

Related work

Read how GateGuard works at a car dealership in the Modi Hyundai case study, and at a manufacturing site in the Bosch Bangalore case study.