JSW MG Motor India Announces Eight Winners of MG Developer Program Season 6.0

JSW MG Motor India has announced the winning startups for the sixth edition of its flagship startup engagement initiative, the MG Developer Program (MGDP 6.0). Centered around the theme ‘Innovation in Automotive’, the program invited startups across India to present solutions capable of transforming mobility, smart manufacturing, customer experience, supply chain sustainability, and industrial operations through emerging technologies. Out of more than 130 applications received, over 40 startups were shortlisted for presentation rounds, and 18 reached the final jury evaluation, culminating in eight winning selections.

The Eight Winning Startups:
The eight selected startups will collaborate directly with JSW MG Motor India and its ecosystem partners over the coming months to explore pilot projects and real-world industrial deployments. The winning cohort includes Nayan Technologies, an AI-powered, vision-based road intelligence platform; Technod8.AI, a full-stack agentic physical AI startup building an agentic AI Brain; LiveNSense, an industrial AI platform tailored for heavy industry operations; LW3, an AI and blockchain-powered compliance platform for EV battery supply chains; Smaartbrand by Acquink Solutions, a native AI decision intelligence platform focusing on customer voice analysis; Fitsol, an AI-driven supply chain decarbonization platform; Cautio, India’s first unified mobility intelligence platform; and Meta Materials Circular Market, a digital infrastructure platform powering India’s automotive circular economy.

Leadership Perspective:
Commenting on the announcement, Anurag Mehrotra, Managing Director, JSW MG Motor India, stated that the industry is entering an era where boundaries between mobility, data, and artificial intelligence are rapidly converging. He emphasized that the next wave of automotive transformation will be driven by innovators who connect these ecosystems to build solutions with real-world impact. He added that JSW MG Motor India remains committed to providing startups with a platform to collaborate, experiment, and scale breakthrough ideas, representing promising innovations across automotive technology, sustainability, industrial intelligence, and mobility services.

Ecosystem Partnerships and Program Legacy:
MGDP Season 6.0 was executed in strategic partnership with DPIIT, Startup India, JSW, NPCI BHIM, Jio, Gulf Oil India, TiE Delhi NCR, iCreate, Allianz Partners India, TERI, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, LICO Materials, and Pulse Energy. Since its inception in 2019, MGDP has evaluated over 1,680 startup applications across themes spanning connected mobility, electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, sustainability, and next-generation automotive technologies, solidifying its position as a vital catalyst for India’s automotive and deep-tech startup ecosystem.