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28/02/2025
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“Within 45 sessions, from near blindness in the weak eye, a seven-year-old child gained almost 600% improvement.”
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“Within 45 sessions, from near blindness in the weak eye, a seven-year-old child gained almost 600% improvement.”
“The results at Belenus Champion Hospital are compelling: a 30% reduction in patient wait times and a significantly improved patient experience through AI-driven interactions.”
While India is home to 117 unicorns, Krutrim AI remains the only AI startup that has reached unicorn status yet.
15 companies, including Cars24, LendingKart, LeapScholar, and Tata AIG, leverage ConvoZen.AI in their enterprise workflows.
NeoSapien’s Dhananjay revealed many Indian investors hesitate to back hardware companies because they lack confidence.
“The world didn’t want to believe in us, so open-sourcing was a great way to tell them, ‘Look, we’re building our own technology’,” said Akshat Prakash, co-founder and CTO of Camb.ai.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pfizer leveraged Kore.ai’s AI agent platform to deploy a multilingual support system across 17 languages globally.
While a Nintendo Switch or PlayStation costs between ₹40,000 and ₹50,000, MetaShot’s cricket game is priced significantly lower at ₹5,000, making it far more accessible.
VCs look to invest in Indian AI startups that offer nuanced solutions that big-tech companies cannot deliver.
“Very soon, we will have our own LLMs,” said IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
The diverse linguistic landscape of India, along with smartphone adoption and the demand for seamless customer interactions, are fueling the rise of voice AI agents.
“Unlike Siri and Alexa, these agents not only give you access but can also operate apps and services on your behalf,” said Raj K Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and CEO of Kogo Tech Labs.
Amazon India and Coca-Cola have already experimented with NeuralGarage.
Attentive.ai serves over 1,000 clients in the underserved markets of the US and Canada.
The tech giant has partnered with Maharashtra-based AgriPilot.ai for over five years, leveraging AI and satellite imagery to transform farming.
Unlike traditional AI tutors, which often rely solely on prompts or pre-trained large models, VEGA integrates real-time student data.
The AI agent market is expected to hit $47.1 billion by 2030.
According to AIM Research, Indian AI startups received $864 million in funding as of August 2024.
Cloudphysician recently raised $10.5 million in a funding round led by PeakXV Partners.
4baseCare’s technology is used by Apollo Hospitals and others, and the startup is now experimenting with CG Digital Twin, which integrates a cancer patient’s clinical and genomic data into a comprehensive profile.
Startups with at least one PhD founder are more likely to succeed and have higher valuations at IPO.
“We’re offering the flexibility of Salesforce but at a Zoho price,” said the CEO & co-founder.
In collaboration with IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur, Floworks has released a research paper that dives deep into the sensational claims made by the YC-backed startup earlier this year.
The company has developed several AI employees, like Maya (AI sales development representative), Moh (AI marketer), Leela (AI HR manager), Ron (AI customer support representative), and Sam (AI analytics specialist).
The company works closely with OpenAI and says GPT-5 is around the corner.
Vayu integrates deeply with the Salesforce developer platform, giving AI agents access to the same tools as the human developers.
AI’s usefulness in a wide variety of applications creates a plethora of opportunities for entrepreneurship.
VCs should be patient while investing in AI startups.
InVideo sees over 3 million new users visit its platform every month.
By mid-2023, Ragas gained significant traction, even catching the attention of OpenAI, which featured their product during a DevDay event.
