AI-led computer vision solutions for manufacturing and retail operations. Its visual intelligence tools automate tasks such as product quality inspection on factory lines and real-time shelf monitoring in retail stores. The platform helps manufacturers detect defects and ensure consistent product quality, while enabling retailers to track stock availability, shelf placement and compliance through automated image-based analytics. Revenue scale undisclosed, clients include Fortune 500 companies - Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Reckitt, Pepsico. $2M Pre-Series A co-led by Finvolve and India Accelerator, with existing investors Cognify, IPV, AIF, IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (where it was incubated). Founded in Mar 2017, Noida based. Founders: CEO Amit Singh (IIM Lucknow '19) is ex-IMRB International and Tetra Pak, and was Retail Strat Planning Lead on the Samsung account at Cheil Worldwide; CTO Amit Srivastava (IIM Lucknow '16) was at ST Microsystems for 16 years, most recently as Principal Product Manager.

Fabless semiconductor startup building ultra-efficient AI compute hardware. The company is developing an analog, in-memory AI System-on-Chip integrated with optical interconnects to significantly reduce energy consumption compared to conventional digital accelerators. Headquartered in Singapore with R&D in Bengaluru, founded in Jun 2024. $1.8M Pre-Series A funding led by Bluehill.vc & a99. Founder & CEO Saravana (Anna University Chennai '08; Ulm University '16) was previously the CTO at EMTensor Inc. (electromagnetic brain imaging) and is ex-Qualcomm.

AI-powered music licensing marketplace built for content creators, filmmakers and brands. It offers a library of 12,000+ royalty-free tracks and sound effects, enabling users to legally source music without copyright risks. The platform also creates monetisation opportunities for independent artists by connecting them directly with commercial demand. Undisclosed amount from The Chennai Angels as part of its ongoing Pre-Series A round. Founded in Dec 2021, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Gaurav (Thadomal Shahani '04; IIMA '06) was Co-Founder & CEO of creative agency Songfest; Head of Revenue Meghna (Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth '13) was Co-Founder & CMO of Songfest and held Head of Marketing roles at HUBILO and co-working company YesssWorks.

AI infrastructure startup building the control layer for everything teams need to take AI to production. It offers a unified gateway that connects apps to 1,600+ large language models including OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini through a single interface. The platform provides real-time monitoring, cost controls and security guardrails, helping companies deploy and scale AI applications reliably. The company is now used by 3K customers, including Bain, Postman, Sygenta, Vistaprint. $15M Series A led by Elevation Capital, with participation from seed investor Lightspeed. Founded in Mar 2023, SF/BLR based. Founders: CEO Rohit (BITS Pilani '11) founded Framebench which was acquired by Freshworks, where he served as Director of Product Management before joining Pepper Content as Head of Product; CTO Ayush (SRM IST Chennai) was Director of Engineering at Pepper Content, as well as at OMI, PubNinja and MEA Worldwide.

AI-led restaurant management platform built for F&B operators, such as Biergarten, Toit and Effingut Breweries. It brings billing, inventory, procurement, sales forecasting and CRM onto a single dashboard, helping restaurants, breweries and bars run tighter operations. By automating stock tracking and demand planning, the platform aims to reduce leakage, improve margins and give operators real-time visibility into their business. $500K Pre-Series A round from Tejas Paresh Lodaya. Founded in Oct 2017, Bangalore based. Founder & CEO Shivaprakash (Bangalore Univ. '00) founded Aptigenz Solutions (dev firm) in 2011.

Back-office AI platform built for restaurant and retail brands. It works like an always-on digital teammate, automating messy operational and finance workflows tied to food delivery and in-store operations. The company works with restaurant brands such as Lazy Dog and Starbird. The US delivery market has $140B in annual revenues. $14M Series A led by Nyca Partners. with participation from Gokul Rajaram, Base10, Afore Capital, Converge, Alumni Ventures, Data Tech Fund, John Pepper, 9Yards Capital and Operators Studio. Founded in Jun 2022, SF/BLR based. Founders: Anand (BITS Pilani '12) is an engineer from Uber, Ather, Flipkart; Sundar (IIT Madras '17) is also from Uber and more recently ShareChat; Vinod (BITS Pilani '13) was at Google for seven years, most recently as Senior Manager for Webspam).

Conversational AI startup helping businesses automate voice calls at scale. The platform lets companies deploy multilingual AI voice agents that handle inbound and outbound calls across use cases like collections, customer support, logistics coordination, healthcare appointments, HR screening, and more. It powers more than 1.5M customer conversations a month, 77% of which are fully automated. 20 enterprise customers across India, the US, Saudi Arabia, including CRED, PharmEasy, Shiprocket, Flipkart, Shell. $5.5M in a Series A round led by Arkam Ventures, along with Groww Founder Fund, Kunal Shah, White Venture Capital and existing investor Capital2B who led the $1M seed in May 2025. Founded in Oct 2023, Bangalore based. Founders: Siddharth (BITS Pilani '19) was previously a PM at Groww and Flipkart; Utkarsh (VIT '19) previously worked in data science at Blinkit and Atlan; Kali (IIT Hyderaad) is also ex-Flipkart. Siddharth and Kali built FlyWheel together (slack superbot for community management).

Performance analysis for football clubs and youth academies. Uses AI/ML upon video feeds to track every event on the field. This automates the traditionally time-consuming manual data collection process, providing valuable insights into player and team performance. Works with elite clubs from around the world - AFC Ajax from the Eredivisie (league in the Netherlands) and Rayo Vallecano from La Liga (Spain). $1.5 million in a Pre-Series A round led by Rainmatter, along with SucSEED Innovation Fund and Misfits Capital. $500K seed round in Feb 2025. Bengaluru based, NIT Durgapur grads. CEO Sayak was previously a business analyst at Energy Plus; CTO Jeet was an engineer at WorkIndia and CashRich.

AI-first operating system for cancer care that helps oncology centres move faster by automating heavy administrative work. Its platform uses AI agents to handle tasks like insurance checks, prior authorisations, and documentation, i.e. areas that often delay treatment. By reducing manual effort, the company enables providers to focus more on patients and ensure quicker treatment. "At one partner site, approximately 80% of administrative staff time has been freed up, denials have been reduced by up to 40%, and first-pass approval rates have reached 97.8%." $11.1M Series A co-led by Cencora Ventures and Optum Ventures, with the participation of Oncology Ventures, Z21 Ventures, John Simon (Ventureforgood) and Binny Bansal (Flipkart). $3.5M seed round led by Binny Bansal in April 2025. Founded in June 2024, Palo Alto/Bangalore based. Founders Kshitij and Kumar (and Rishabh, who appears to have stepped back between the seed round and this round) were at IIT Kanpur together and co-founded urbanhealth.ai - a self care AI coach funded by 3one4 and Venture Highway.

AI infrastructure and analytics company focused on making enterprise AI systems reliable, governable and production-ready. The company started with analytics for conversational AI, allowing teams to understand how users interact with AI products and improve performance. It is now expanding into AI reliability and governance, offering tools that monitor AI agents in real time and act as guardrails in production. Alongside its platform, Coxwave also works with enterprises to help them deploy AI across core business operations. $5M pre-series A funding led by L&S Venture Capital, with participation from existing investor KB Investment and new investors Hyundai Venture Investment, Hyundai Motor Company's ZERO1NE Ventures, and KDB Capital. Founder Gijung previously worked at Enterprix. Co-founder Joowon was previously a senior manager at Qraft Technologies.