Building Nepal's AI Future: The Vision Behind Ancoda Labs and Its Mission to Put Nepali Innovation on the Global Map

Kathmandu. On freezing nights in Cambridge, after spending long hours researching physical AI inside Harvard University's cutting-edge robotics lab, Suryodaya Bikram Shahi would return to a room without a bed. Unable to afford one after paying rent, he slept on the cold floor.

Those nights gave birth to a question that would change the course of his life.