India, June 13 -- AMD India recently concluded the Grand Finale of AMD Slingshot 2026, its flagship national AI innovation and venture-building initiative, bringing together more than 40,000 students, creators, innovators, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Innovators across ten cities participated in AI workshops, build sessions, prompt-a-thons, and startup-style pitching experiences. The five-month program received over 3,700 AI prototype submissions and culminated in a national showcase of AI-powered solutions addressing real-world challenges across education, accessibility, smart cities, sustainability, and social impact. Regional campus events in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Pune, Bhopal, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Delhi culminated in a finale in Delhi. Finalists competed for a prize pool of Rs.10 lakh, presenting their innovations before a distinguished jury comprising Vinay Sinha, Managing Director, Sales, AMD India; Rohit Kapoor, CEO, Food Marketplace, Swiggy; Bipin Preet Singh, Founder and CEO, MobiKwik; Abhinav Jain, Co-founder and CEO, Almonds AI; and Addison Appu, Managing Partner, ThinKuvate. Team BlisCare from Hyderabad emerged as the winner for their AI-powered Braille learning platform aimed at making education more accessible for visually impaired students. Team AISD from Bengaluru was named the first runner-up for their AI-driven urban planning and logistics solution, while Shashvat Singh from Jaipur secured the second runner-up position for RyFlow, an offline-first AI collaboration platform designed to expand access to AI-powered productivity and knowledge-sharing tools. "AMD Slingshot has been created to give young innovators a platform to experiment, build, and transform ideas into impactful AI solutions," said Vinay Sinha, adding, "The scale of participation and quality of innovation we witnessed demonstrate the tremendous potential of India's emerging AI ecosystem. AMD remains committed to supporting the next generation of AI builders and entrepreneurs." HTC...