AI Startups
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI Startups section.
Voicing AI Loves India, But Knows Startups Still Struggle Here
LTIMindtree invested $6 million in Voicing AI that brings human-like voice capability across more than 20 languages.
Mohit Pandey ·
Orbo AI’s Magic Mirror Could Be the Future of Beauty Routines
AI, AR, and contextual search join forces in Orbo to redefine digital beauty product discovery.
Smruti S ·
Hello, AI speaking: Hiring Goes Vernacular With Voice AI
Catering to the vast semi-skilled workforce, voice agents bridge the skill gap and accelerate hiring.
Smruthi Nadig ·
This Indian Startup is Using Drones to Deliver Groceries to Your Doorstep
Skye Air is using a generic LLM to optimise the delivery cycle and has also built Skyconnect, a 5G device for connectivity.
Amisha Arya ·
Mumbai-based Scoutflo Secures Pre-Seed Funding to Reinvent DevOps with AI
The company plans to expand its presence in India and overseas, build more integrations, and scale its go-to-market efforts.
Mohit Pandey ·
‘Microsoft’s AI Tools Help Maha Farmers Increase Yield by 20%’
The tech giant has partnered with Maharashtra-based AgriPilot.ai for over five years, leveraging AI and satellite imagery to transform farming.
vandana.nair ·
Indian AI Startups are Obsessed with Open-Source Small Models
“Just having them openly available, without any restrictions, helped a lot in my research journey.”
Siddharth Jindal ·
India has 109 Agentic AI Startups Building in a Vacuum
While there is a need for coding copilots or workflow agents for autonomous QA testers in startups and enterprises, direct-to-consumer products face almost no demand at all.
Mohit Pandey ·
OpenAI Sees India’s Startups as Its Next Growth Engine
It marks a shift from AI built for consumers to AI built for enterprises — and for India.
Smruti S ·
Guardian ‘Angels’ Turn Gatekeepers as Indian AI Startups Face Tighter Checks
Only $94.8 million has been raised from 13 funding rounds as of July 30, the lowest since 2017.
Smruthi Nadig ·
Subtl.ai Collapse Exposes Cracks in India’s AI Scene
“Some investors flirt A LOT with founders,” Vishnu Ramesh said. “But it doesn't mean s*** until they give you a term sheet.”
Mohit Pandey ·
CodeAnt Aims to ‘Stand on the Shoulders of AI Coding Giants’
CodeAnt AI has raised $2 million in seed funding to accelerate its mission of cutting manual code review time and bugs by over 50%.
Mohit Pandey ·
Why KiranaPro Quit OpenAI for TWO AI
KiranaPro has been an AI-first company from the beginning, starting with a voice assistant.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Y Combinator’s 20-Year Journey from Incubator to an $800 Billion Powerhouse
YC wants startups to build for a post-AGI world.
Aditi Suresh ·
IIT Madras Prof Balaraman Ravindran Questions IndiaAI Mission’s Timeline to Build an Indigenous LLM
‘Can’t expect a DeepSeek-like LLM in six months. It didn’t come out of nowhere. Research had been going on for a long period.’
Siddharth Jindal ·
‘We are Not Quitting India,’ RevRag’s $10 Million Agentic AI Roadmap for Two Years
The company is currently working towards its first $1 million in Indian revenue, with plans to scale up to $5 million and $10 million by combining India and US operations.
Mohit Pandey ·
This Startup is Trying to Build a Visual Version of Perplexity
“The only moat that we have is momentum.”
Ankush Das ·
Anybody Can Vibe Code a Startup Now
YC CEO Garry Tan noted that some founders are so new to programming that they’ve never known a world without tools like Cursor.
Siddharth Jindal ·
This YC-Backed Startup Just Made Finding Blue Collar Jobs in India ‘300% Easier’
Vahan is working closely with OpenAI and Eleven Labs to ensure inclusivity across dialects and regions.
Aditi Suresh ·
Free PoCs are Killing Indian AI Startups
Paras Chopra said that he has banned builders at Lossfunk from talking to Indian customers.
Mohit Pandey ·