pi-labs, a Make-in-India deep-tech company specialising in cyber forensics, cybersecurity, and intelligence, has been selected as an official Specialist AI Partner by the Maharashtra Advanced Research and Vigilance for Enforcement of Reformed Laws (MARVEL), a Government of Maharashtra–owned entity.
MARVEL is mandated to design and deploy AI-driven solutions across state departments, including law enforcement, and works with a highly selective group of technology partners. Under this partnership, pi-labs will deliver AI-led law enforcement platforms aimed at strengthening crime prevention, criminal investigations, and operational intelligence capabilities across Maharashtra.
The collaboration is aligned with the state’s broader vision of deploying secure, sovereign, and scalable AI systems for public safety and effective governance. The agreement between pi-labs and MARVEL has been formally signed, with implementation set to proceed in line with MARVEL’s phased deployment roadmap.
Ankush Tiwari, Founder and CEO, pi-labs, said, “We are honoured to be selected by MARVEL as a specialist AI partner. This partnership validates our deep-tech capabilities and our commitment to building indigenous, India-specific AI systems for modern policing. In an AI-first world, law enforcement agencies require secure and sovereign intelligence tools, and we are proud to support Maharashtra’s vision for next-generation public safety.”
Harsh Poddar, CEO, MARVEL, added, “We are pleased to welcome pi-labs as a specialist partner. Their expertise in AI-driven law enforcement solutions aligns closely with MARVEL’s mission to enable responsible and impactful AI adoption across government systems. We look forward to collaborating to deliver meaningful outcomes for policing and public safety.”
pi-labs is recognised as one of India’s leading AI deep-tech firms, with some of the largest AI deployments in law enforcement agencies across the country. The company is building a sovereign cybersecurity and cyber-forensics stack from the ground up and has been recognised by NASSCOM’s DeepTech League of 10, supported by the NVIDIA Inception Program, and empanelled as a Dell OEM Partner.
Its research-led portfolio includes speaker identification in noisy environments, Indian language translation and transliteration, video forensics and tamper detection, multimodal data fusion for intelligence insights, and AI-driven deepfake detection.
By: Arushi Agarwal
