Provision Labs Acquires Hardware Startup Basilisk Industries

Provision Labs, the physical AI venture of Anjali Sardana, has acquired Mumbai-based hardware startup Basilisk Industries. The deal was announced on 2 November 2026, and Sardana shared the news in a LinkedIn post, according to Inc42 and Viestories.

The amount paid was not disclosed. Basilisk founder Shourya Watwani will lead hardware at Provision Labs, and his team is joining the company. Sardana is also the CEO of the home services startup Pronto.

Provision Labs and Basilisk Industries at a glance

What Basilisk Industries has built for Provision Labs

Basilisk works on perception technology, which helps machines understand and respond to their surroundings. Watwani will also work on Provision Labs' in-house post-processing models.

According to Sardana, the Basilisk team has already built a 3D hand-tracking model, redesigned Provision Labs' perception hardware and built the first version of a lightweight tactile glove that captures touch data.

What Provision Labs does with physical AI data

Provision Labs is based in San Francisco. It aims to collect real-world data for training and testing physical AI systems, which are AI systems that carry out tasks in the real world through robots and other machines.

How Provision Labs' launch followed questions about Pronto's recording pilot

Provision Labs' launch came after scrutiny of a household recording pilot at Pronto, in which service professionals wore cameras while doing tasks such as cleaning and laundry. The pilot raised questions about privacy, consent and data storage.

Pronto said customers opted in while booking, that the pilot covered less than 0.01% of its users, that it complied with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act and that the footage would not be shared with third-party AI labs.

Where Provision Labs is hiring after the Basilisk deal

Provision Labs is expanding its engineering and research teams in San Francisco, Toronto and Bengaluru. The roles cover computer vision, perception, tactile data, environment reconstruction and hardware development.

Provision Labs after adding Basilisk's team

With the deal, Provision Labs brings a Mumbai hardware team led by Shourya Watwani into its own operations. The company is San Francisco-based and is hiring in San Francisco, Toronto and Bengaluru. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

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