HP Garage 2.0 Cohort 2 Is Here: Meet the AI Startups Shaping the Future

I’m thrilled to be back with HP Garage 2.0 as a mentor for Cohort 2! It feels like just yesterday that the HP Garage 2.0 team launched Cohort 1, and now, one year later, we’re welcoming 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀.

Today’s kickoff was inspiring, with Michael Boyle (VP & MD, Greater Asia) and Sherine Lee (VP Finance, Greater Asia) bringing to life HP’s founding story in a garage. At the same time, the continued support of HP’s executive leadership, including Samir Shah (VP & Head of PC, Greater Asia), reflects the company’s commitment to shaping the future of AI through HP Garage 2.0.

Amit Mangwani, HP Garage 2.0 program lead, shared how Cohort 1’s journey set the stage. Now Cohort 2 begins, with Cohort 3 soon to be added. As a Go-to-Market mentor again, I’m excited to see these startups in action.

𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺:

AirShelf AI is the agentic commerce platform that turns product catalogues into AI-ready API feeds, making products discoverable and checkout-able across AI agents.

CoreOps.AI builds platforms that embed AI into existing enterprise workflows, helping you quickly modernise core systems and operations, deliver transformative results, and prioritise secure data integration.

Good Bards is an Agentic AI-powered marketing OS that acts like an autonomous marketing department, streamlining campaign deployment and delivering actionable insights through performance tracking and data-driven recommendations.

KrisAtWork is an AI Work companion that brings GTM workflows into a single screen, covering the entire sales cycle from lead identification to deal close to account expansion, with contextual AI that delivers real-time insights & guidance.

Synvo AI is building the memory layer of artificial intelligence, enabling AI systems to retain context across time and modalities, so people and organisations can unlock knowledge, make better decisions, and work more effectively with AI.

Walled AI is a deep-tech startup enabling enterprises to securely deploy AI systems, backed by AI security researchers from Amazon, Salesforce, PayPal, and leading institutions such as NTU and BITS Pilani. Huge thanks and congratulations to the HP Garage 2.0 team, Amit Mangwani, Fiona Budihardja, Idris Murat Atakli, and Anmol

Mahajan, for bringing a great bunch of innovators again. It’s a privilege to support these innovators. Year two, let’s go!