18 February 2026, New Delhi: Catalyst X (CX), a decision infrastructure startup incubated under Catalyst Management Services, launched at the India AI Summit 2026 today. Catalyst X is the people-centric AI platform revolutionizing decision-making in governance, welfare, enterprise, and public systems. By weaving disparate data into an intelligence layer, it empowers governments, funders, corporations, and institutions to deliver clear, defensible decisions amid uncertainty and scale.

At a time when artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping everyday outcomes from welfare delivery and agriculture to health systems and financial access, Catalyst X enters the national discourse with a clear proposition: Decisions, Made Better. As AI adoption grows, Catalyst X emphasises the need to ensure that decisions become more accountable, inclusive, and trusted.

At the launch, Nitish Kumar, Lead, Catalyst X commented, “Catalyst X builds and operates the intelligence layer that complex systems rely on to act early, consistently and at scale. Designed for governments, funders, corporations, and institutions operating in high-stakes environments, CX enables decision-makers to reason across large, diverse datasets, navigate complex cross-sectoral relationships, and act despite uncertainty. Rather than adding fragmented dashboards or standalone tools, it provides shared decision infrastructure that makes critical choices defensible, repeatable, and scalable across domains such as agriculture, health, climate, and finance.”

Adding to this, Prerak Shah, Co-Lead, Catalyst X said, “As artificial intelligence rapidly shapes welfare delivery, agriculture systems, credit access, public health, climate resilience, and financial inclusion, Catalyst X focuses on the ecosystem with a distinct emphasis on improving the quality and defensibility of decisions made within complex systems.”

Alongside its launch, Catalyst X is a part of the Jan AI Andolan, a people-led call for ethical, inclusive, and accountable AI decision-making in India. As a rural-first AI movement, Jan AI Andolan focuses on building awareness, access, and practical application of AI among youth, women, farmers, and micro-entrepreneurs, ensuring that India’s AI growth is participatory and grassroots-driven.

Catalyst X is a values-led platform dedicated to enhancing decision quality and fostering public trust. The startup delivers three core capabilities: designing system-aware decision logic rooted in real societal trade-offs; deploying integrated decision layers across institutions for coherent action; and operating with ongoing governance mechanisms that learn from outcomes over time. With its debut at the India AI Summit, Catalyst X signals a new chapter in India’s AI journey, one that places decision integrity, inclusion, and public interest at the heart of technological progress.

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About Catalyst X  

Catalyst X (CX) is a decision infrastructure startup that builds and operates the intelligence layer complex systems rely on to act early, consistently, and at scale. Designed for governments, funders, corporations, and institutions working in high-stakes environments, CX enables decision-makers to reason across large, diverse datasets, navigate cross-sector and multi-layer complexity, and act despite uncertainty.

Rather than adding more dashboards or fragmented tools, CX provides shared decision infrastructure that makes critical choices defensible, repeatable, and scalable across domains such as agriculture, health, climate, and finance.

Incubated by Catalyst Management Services and grounded in three decades of expertise of Catalyst Platform organisations like Vrutti-Livelihood Impact Partners and Swasti-The Health Catalyst, CX bridges real-world systems knowledge with advanced data science to solve complex development challenges.

Website – https://catalyst-x.in/