Handpicked among 120 innovators for the Government of India’s flagship deep-tech conclave, Niqo signals how Made-in-India farm robotics is moving from Indian fields to global markets.

Niqo Robotics, a Physical AI company building intelligent agricultural robots for global farms, has been selected to represent India at Bharat Innovates 2026, the Government of India’s flagship innovation conclave. Taking place in Nice from June 14–16, the conclave brings together 120 deep-tech innovators screened from more than 2,000 applicants, spotlighting India-built technologies with the potential to scale globally. The event was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

Niqo joins the cohort as the only precision-AI farm robotics company on the delegation, marking a significant moment for India’s deep-tech ecosystem and the global rise of India-built agricultural robotics. Its selection reflects the core vision of Bharat Innovates: to take India-incubated, Made-in-India deep-tech companies to global markets and demonstrate how they can address some of the world’s most urgent productivity, sustainability and labour challenges.

“Being selected to represent India at Bharat Innovates, and to do so as the only precision-AI farm robotics company among 120 deep-tech innovators, is a proud moment for the team,” said Jaisimha Rao, Founder and CEO of Niqo Robotics.

“But our story is ultimately a global one. We built Niqo to prove that Physical AI can be a real business. We’re arriving in Europe with a platform that already pays for itself for the farmer: no subscriptions, no hidden costs, just a machine that delivers ROI from day one. Platforms like Bharat Innovates are important because they give Indian deep-tech companies a credible bridge into global markets.

“For us, it is a chance to show that India can build Physical AI products that are technically advanced, commercially ready and relevant for farmers anywhere in the world. We are looking to bring on the right strategic investors and partners who can help us scale this model across Europe, Australia and other global agricultural markets,” Rao added.

For Niqo, France is a particularly relevant starting point because of its strong agricultural base, deep farming heritage and central role in Europe’s agritech ecosystem. As one of Europe’s most important agricultural markets, it offers a meaningful entry point for technologies that can help farms improve productivity, reduce input intensity and transition towards more sustainable models.

Built in India for global agriculture, Niqo’s platform reflects how Indian deep-tech is moving from lab-led innovation to commercially deployed products capable of competing in demanding international markets. The company’s intelligent weeding systems are already commercially deployed in the United States and India, with Europe and Australia emerging as the next priority markets for its Physical AI farming platform.

At a time when many global farm robotics players continue to prioritise scale over sustainable economics, Niqo is charting a different path—one built on capital efficiency, farmer ROI and commercially viable deployment from the outset. The company is demonstrating that farm robotics can move beyond long development cycles and high-burn deployment models to deliver measurable farmer ROI from day one.

Bharat Innovates Opens Doors for India-Built Deep-Tech

Niqo’s presence at Bharat Innovates in Nice marks the company’s formal entry into the European conversation, where rising labour costs, tightening restrictions on chemical herbicides and increasing sustainability pressures are driving demand for precision automation. France also offers a strong testbed for the next generation of farm automation, with a farming ecosystem that is both deeply rooted in tradition and increasingly focused on precision, sustainability and productivity.

Bharat Innovates gives Niqo more than global visibility. It creates a practical market-access platform at a critical stage of the company’s expansion, bringing Indian deep-tech startups into direct conversations with European investors, chambers of commerce, policy stakeholders and ecosystem partners. Alongside India’s broader push to strengthen deep-tech through funding support, ecosystem building and global market access, platforms such as Bharat Innovates are helping companies like Niqo move from India-built innovation to global commercial scale.

Approaching Profitability: A Rare Path in Farm Robotics

As farm robotics companies worldwide work to translate innovation into commercially viable businesses, Niqo’s core AI-enabled weeding business is now approaching self-sustainability—a milestone few in the category have reached. The company attributes this progress to growing commercial traction, repeat demand and a model built around disciplined economics rather than scale at any cost.

Niqo’s farmer-first model is built around a one-time purchase with no recurring subscription fees, backed by 24/7 service support and locally stocked spare parts, allowing growers to adopt advanced automation without the burden of hidden or ongoing platform charges.

An Intelligent Farming Platform, Not Just a Single Machine

At the core of Niqo’s next phase of growth is Niqo Sense, the company’s proprietary AI camera platform that can be integrated across multiple machine form factors and retrofitted onto existing farm equipment. The platform combines AI at the edge with a dual-tank, twin-nozzle architecture to perform weeding, thinning and beneficial spraying in a single pass, reducing the need for multiple machines and repeated field operations.

The system processes thousands of plant-level decisions per second in real time, entirely on the edge and with zero cloud dependency, delivering more than 99 per cent accuracy even in dense and challenging field conditions. This tight integration of intelligent software with purpose-built hardware places Niqo at the forefront of a category attracting increasing investor and customer attention globally.

India’s Next Farming Leap: Physical AI Robots

Niqo’s growth reflects a larger shift in Indian agriculture and Indian deep-tech. After the Green Revolution and the era of tractorisation, Indian agriculture is now ready for its next leap: intelligent, AI-enabled farming systems that can improve productivity, reduce input intensity and help farmers respond to labour and sustainability pressures.

Niqo is poised to lead this farm robotics revolution as a Made-in-India startup building for both Indian and global farms. Designed in India and deployed across demanding agricultural environments internationally, Niqo’s field robots demonstrate how Indian engineering can move beyond domestic problem-solving to shape global categories such as farm robotics and Physical AI.

Its systems help growers reduce input costs, improve precision, lower chemical usage and maintain soil health. For Niqo, the India opportunity remains central. The company is bullish on India’s readiness for Physical AI in agriculture, while the Government of India’s support for Made-in-India deep-tech startups is creating a stronger ecosystem for companies building frontier technologies.

This convergence marks an inflection point: India-built innovations are no longer only solving for India; they are increasingly ready to change how the world farms. The company plans to build on this foundation by expanding into new crops, new applications and new geographies through its broader Physical AI platform.