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Lightspeed India has selected four deeptech startups founded by individuals under 25 for its India Ascends 2026 cohort. Each startup will receive equity funding between $200k and $3 million and access to strategic resources, including over $500k in cloud and software credits. The selected startups are Sapien Labs, Eyecandy Robotics, Celestial Aerospace, and Sentience, focusing on drug trials, AI characters, space access, and robotics respectively.