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ActiveQualcomm Technologies, Inc. · 2026

Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators (QAIPI)

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Agency: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Funding: Not specified
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Status: Active
Eligibility: Professional developers and startups focusing on AI solutions across diverse sectors, including education.

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Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators (QAIPI) is a grant and support program from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. that funds professional developers and startups designing AI solutions on Qualcomm's on-device AI platforms. The program empowers innovators across diverse sectors — including education, healthcare, retail, and enterprise — to build production-ready AI applications optimized for Qualcomm hardware.

Participants receive technical guidance, engineering support, and access to Qualcomm's ecosystem and go-to-market resources. Eligible applicants are professional developers and startups focused on AI solutions across diverse sectors. The 2026 APAC edition is currently accepting applications through April 30, 2026.

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# Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators – APAC [](https://www. qualcomm.

com/) * Application and selection Fostering AI Innovation in Asia Pacific Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators 2026 - APAC Fostering AI Innovation in Asia Pacific Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators 2026 - APAC # Accepting Applications for Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators 2026 - APAC # About the Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators The Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators (QAIPI) empowers professional developers and startups to design and implement cutting-edge on-device AI solutions across diverse sectors, including consumer, healthcare, smart industry, smart city, agriculture and education, driving regional and societal impact.

# Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators 2026 - APAC The Qualcomm AI Program for Innovators (QAIPI) 2026 – APAC is open to any startup companies incorporated and registered in Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. The program support shortlisted teams to creating and commercializing on-device end-to-end AI solutions on Qualcomm Technologies’ Qualcomm Dragonwing™ and Snapdragon® platforms.

The program also invites shortlisted teams to experiment with a wide range of edge AI use cases using the new Arduino® UNO™ Q development board. Built on the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ platform, this open-source board offers Linux compatibility, real-time control capabilities, and lightweight AI inference, empowering startups to accelerate the creation of edge-intelligent solutions.

To speed up the development of on-device AI solutions across diverse use cases, startup teams can leverage the Qualcomm®AI Hub—a developer-focused platform offering a growing catalog of over 175 pre-optimized AI models. This resource helps reduce time and effort, enabling faster development, deployment, and iteration cycles.

**Startup cohort**:Selection of up to 15 shortlisted startups for the 2026 program **Mentorship:** 1:1 mentorship with Qualcomm subject matter experts **Platforms:** Shortlisted Startups will receive access to a hardware development platform, based on Qualcomm Snapdragon® or Dragonwing™ products, up to US$2500 for their product development **Masterclasses:** Online training sessions including Business Coaching and Intellectual Property Law, and more **Shortlist Grant:** The shortlisted startups will receive a grant valued at up to the equivalent of US$10,000 upon successful completion of the program **Patent filing incentives:**The shortlisted startups would be eligible to receive a patent filing incentive up to the equivalent of US$5,000 for filing one or more complete (non-provisional) patent applications **Demo Day:**The startups will be exposed to industry leaders, system integrators, and investors.

The Demo Day will be held for better visibility for the startups and their future business success ### Please see the QAIPI official rules for more details. **Application Phase (Until 30 April 2026):**accepting applications till 11:59 p. m.

PST Time on 30 April 2026 **Shortlisting Announcement (May 2026):**Up to 15 startups will be selected through a jury process and announced on the program website. **Mentorship Phase (June to November 2026):** Shortlisted startups will be eligible to receive the grant, patent filing incentives, and support mentioned above.

**Demo Day for shortlisted startups (November 2026):**Demo Day will be held where shortlisted startups can present their pitches and product demos to showcase their AI innovations. **Note: the above timeline may be subject to change. ** Play Skip Backward Skip Forward Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE * descriptions off, selected * captions settings, opens captions settings dialog Beginning of dialog window.

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qualcomm. com/) Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Our leading-edge AI, high performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity deliver proven solutions that transform major industries.

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* Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship * Internships and Early Career... * Qualcomm Acquires Ventana Micro... * Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information * English ( United States ) Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

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Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business.

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Professional developers and startups focusing on AI solutions across diverse sectors, including education.

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