Code for Compassion Campus Launches Co-Working Residency, Hosts Ultra Impact for Animals Summit and ARCC
Animal advocates, technologists, founders, and investors gather at the Ultra Impact for Animals Summit in Code for Compassion campus.
There is something quietly radical about stepping into a 6,000-square-foot Code for Compassion campus in the heart of Bengaluru and seeing coders seated beside animal advocates, researchers in conversation with policymakers, and early-stage founders refining ideas at shared tables.
That was the scene on February 9, 2026, when the Code for Compassion Campus opened its doors to two parallel beginnings: a two-week co-working residency and the launch of Animal Rights Coding Camp (ARCC), a four-week pre-accelerator program for technologists building AI-driven solutions for animals.
Three days later, on February 12, the energy intensified. The campus hosted the Ultra Impact for Animals Summit, drawing the wider ecosystem into the same room.
A First-of-Its-Kind Gathering
The Ultra Impact for Animals Summit, hosted by Electric Sheep and Open Paws, with support from Kickstarting for Good, set out to tackle a central, provocative question:
What does building an animal-forward, plant-based movement actually look like in India, on Indian terms?
The conversation focused on India’s social realities, food systems, cultural contexts, and economic constraints.
“This is the first time we’re discussing solutions that feel truly grounded in India’s realities,” one participant reflected. “Not borrowed ideas, but approaches built for our context.”
The day’s sessions mapped the ecosystem from multiple vantage points:
Opening Address – Ash Singh, CEO, Electric Sheep
The State of Animal Advocacy in India – Aditya S. Karanam, Director of Learning, Electric Sheep
Fauna Films Documentaries – James Hoot, Co-Founder, Fauna Films
Humane Entrepreneurship Program – Mudra Parekh
Looking Ahead to 2050: Pathways to a Plant-Based Future in India – Ella Wong, Good Growth
Redirecting Food Security – Karthik Pulugurtha, ProVeg India
Together, the discussions spanned storytelling, systems change, entrepreneurship, and food security while continually returning to the same question: how can this movement evolve within India’s own social and economic fabric?
Two Movements Under One Roof
What made the summit particularly powerful was that it unfolded alongside something equally consequential.
While one room debated long-term systems change, consumer psychology, and funding gaps, another was building tools.
The Animal Rights Coding Camp (ARCC) brought together technologists selected from earlier hackathons hosted by Electric Sheep and Open Paws. They arrived with working prototypes, defined problem statements, and a clear sense of urgency.
At the summit, the teams pitched directly to investors. After each pitch, a panel of sector experts and funders shared feedback, helping the teams strengthen their ideas and think through scale and impact.
Their solutions ranged from data-driven advocacy platforms to AI-powered systems designed to strengthen animal protection infrastructure.
Among the teams presenting were:
Each project tackled a different challenge. Misinformation, consumer transparency, food systems, or advocacy infrastructure, but all shared a common premise: technology in service of animals.
As Ash Singh, CEO of Electric Sheep, put it:
“At Code for Compassion Campus, we're pioneering a new way of doing AI for good by bringing coders and NGOs together in month-long joint residencies. It's been amazing to see what they've built together, how they've learned from each other, the ideas they've acted on and the money they've raised for impact. This is tech for good that actually does good. We're excited to present these collaborators and their innovations to the world.”
What February Built
The Code for Compassion Campus officially opened as a co-working home for advocates, founders, technologists, and researchers across the animal protection ecosystem.
The ARCC teams that demonstrate strong, viable products during the four-week pre-accelerator will move into a 12-week, in-person accelerator at the Bengaluru campus. There, they will receive intensive product development support, hands-on mentorship, structured pitch preparation, and curated investor introductions.
By the end of the week, the campus felt less like a venue and more like a signal.
A signal that animal movement is entering a new phase one that blends activism with algorithms, storytelling with systems, and urgency with execution.
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Notes for Editors
Electric Sheep is a global accelerator and edtech for secure, compassionate AI. Its fellowships, hackathons and dedicated bricks-and-mortar acceleration hub in Bangalore are laser-focussed on reducing AI harms while building AI that supports the welfare and flourishing of all sentient life - www.electricsheep.is . It was incubated along with technical partners and compassionate AI model pioneers Open Paws - www.openpaws.ai - by Kickstarting for Good in November 2024.
More info on Code for Compassion and the campus can be found here -
www.electricsheep.is/code-for-compassion
www.electricsheep.is/campus
