About Moonshot Technologies

It’s Moonshot Thinking, Not Wishful Thinking:

What emboldens us to dream of a future with such dizzying possibilities?  At ARTPARK, we passionately swear by “Moonshot Thinking” and deploying “Moonshot Technologies” to accomplish seemingly impossible feats in order to bring about far-reaching societal impact.  ​

For It is moonshot thinking that has enabled the staggering feat of placing man on the moon—against seemingly impossible odds. A consequence of this accomplishment being the creation of a massive innovation complex that served America admirably over the years.

Another dramatic application of this very Moonshot Technology was ARPANET, kicked off in 1966, which eventually resulted in the internet. The internet in turn gave rise to the knowledge economy. Similarly, the GPS technology sprang directly as an application of this Moonshot, currently in use in countless innovations everywhere. 

And closer home, it is moonshot thinking that led to the successful conception and implementation of our first technology moonshot, Aadhaar:  reaching 1.2 bn people in 10 years. 

For India to play a massive role in the upcoming ecosystem, we need to launch ambitious technology moonshots, which will create the innovation ecosystem necessary to dominate the experience economy. 

The time is ripe to devise the next moonshot. It is time, too, to place sufficient capital and the might of the government, industry, and academia in service of realizing the next technology moonshot moment for a brave, bright, inclusive tomorrow.  

About ARTPARK

AI & Robotics Technology Park

At ARTPARK, we believe in moving forward the key technology milestones in AI & Robotics in a "Mission Mode" model. We look for the intersection of societal scale impact, economic sustainability and technology challenges in choosing our problems.

ARTPARK is an autonomous, not-for-profit company, a joint initiative of IISc and AI Foundry, with a seed funding of INR 170 Cr ($22Mn) from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and INR 60 Cr ($10Mn) from the Government of Karnataka (GoK). At ARTPARK, we believe in moving forward the key technology milestones in AI & Robotics in a "Mission Mode" model. We are aggressively working on turning ideas like these into sustainable change agents via open IP, standards, foundations, for-profit companies and unique policy formulation.  ​

For more information about ARTPARK - www.artpark.in