NICAT's Pakistan ESOs Delegation, organized by Accelerate Prosperity, completed a five-day Istanbul ecosystem visit exploring Türkiye's venture capital, banking innovation, and tech park infrastructure with stops at Boğaziçi Ventures, Simya VC, and Flat6Labs.

MR3D showcased its virtual, augmented, and mixed reality solutions at Indus RAS Expo 2026, presenting immersive training products for military, medical, industrial, marine, and engineering sectors, and connecting with industry leaders, researchers, and government representatives across Pakistan's growing deep tech ecosystem.

NICAT Cohort 8 applications close July 28, 2026, offering founders a fully funded, zero-equity 12-month incubation program with mentorship, lab access, and investor readiness support.

NICAT is hosting the LABX Capital Readiness Bootcamp on July 27 and 28, featuring trainers Merai Syed, Bilal Farooq Khan, Osman Ahmed, and Syed Saifullah Kazmi to guide founders on investment readiness.

NICAT has opened applications for Cohort 8, offering ambitious startups expert support, industry access, and community backing, with the application window closing on its final day, July 28, 2026.

AIDE AI, incubated at NICAT, has grown from a pre-revenue MVP to processing over 8 million handwritten pages at scale within ten months, with NICAT providing startup benefits, customer access, and government engagement opportunities that accelerated the EdTech startup's growth.

NICAT is encouraging women founders to apply for Cohort 8, offering 12 months of free incubation, PKR 5 million worth of startup benefits, zero equity, and global exposure across aerospace, deep tech, AI, and frontier technology domains.

NICAT is hosting its Capital Readiness Summit Series B, selecting one standout startup from each leading incubator across Pakistan to pitch to investors, with investor applications open until July 24, 2026, offering a curated and pre-vetted pipeline of emerging ventures.

Spinal Power, founded by M Umair Khan and incubated at NICAT, grew from PKR 10 million to over PKR 50 million in project sales after NICAT connected the military-grade battery tech startup with major players including NLC, demonstrating the impact of the incubator's elite industry network.

NICAT, the National Incubation Center for Aerospace Technologies, has opened applications for its Internship Program, offering students hands-on experience, expert mentorship, and a certificate of completion in a dynamic technology environment supported by Ignite and NASTP.

NICAT has opened applications for Cohort 8, inviting aerospace and deep tech founders, researchers, and engineers to access funding, mentorship, and state-of-the-art facilities, backed by Ignite, NETSOL Technologies, NASTP, Air University, and PAC Kamra.

Participants of the first batch of the International Artificial Intelligence Certification Program from National Defence University visited NICAT, where Ignite CEO Muhammad Bilal Abbasi briefed them on the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication's vision for a digitally empowered Pakistan and Ignite's flagship initiatives.