AI agents that enable predictive, diagnostic and prescriptive intelligence across large industrial assets. Its solutions are for oil & gas, manufacturing and utilities, using AI to predict equipment failures, diagnose issues and recommend corrective actions before breakdowns occur. By converting large volumes of operational data into clear, actionable insights, operators improve uptime, reduce downtime and optimise plant performance. $6.7M in a funding round (a Series A?). Founded in Jan 2024, Valley based. Founders: CEO Prashant (Stanford Master's in Electrical Engineering) was a GM at GoDaddy; he started out as CTO of Andale Inc. (multi channel e-commerce platform); Co-Founder Sukrit ((IIT Kanpur '08) was at E&Y for six years, as well as Oyo, Snapdeal and Deutsche Bank. He also seems to continue being Founder & CEO of InteligenAI, an AI dev firm.

Logistics SaaS platform utilising deep-tech to reinvent supply-chain operations for sectors such as FMCG, manufacturing and e-commerce. The company offers an AI-powered Warehouse Management System (WMS) and a Transportation Management System (TMS) designed for high-volume, regulated enterprise logistics environments, which enables enterprises to replace manual routing with real-time, autonomous decision-making. FY25 numbers not out, FY24 revenue was ₹25.7CR. Clients include Walmart, Dabur, Godrej, Marico. $4M Series A led by Enrission India Capital in November 2025, joined by White Whale Venture Fund this month. Founded around 2017/2018, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Venktesh previously worked as Head of Supply Chain at ITC; Sabyasachi had earlier been a Software Developer at Quantum Phinance; Shanmukha had formerly co-founded Afferent Technologies and worked as a Software Developer at Quantum Phinance; Nitin is from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

AI-first MarTech (marketing-tech) platform built for D2C and eCommerce brands to turn traffic into revenue. It helps brands identify previously anonymous website visitors, personalise on-site journeys and improve conversions through products around identity resolution, intent-based advertising beyond cookies, and cart-recovery workflows. $5M Series A funding round led by Cornerstone Ventures, along with India Accelerator/Finvolve, Equentis Wealth Advisory Services, Grand Anicut Angel Fund, Razorpay Ventures, Rukum Sitara Fund, Ankurit Capital. Founded in Aug 2023, Delhi based. Founders: CEO Umair was previously the founder at Wigzo Technologies (marketing cloud for eCommerce); CTO Shamail was Director of Engineering at Cyware (SecOps); CBO Pratik was CBO at Wigzo by Shiprocket.

Vibe coding startup for non-technical users to build full stack, production ready web and mobile apps through simple natural-language prompts. Some numbers: currently at $15M in ARR, with 1M users who have built 1.5M apps so far. Undisclosed strategic investment from Google’s AI Futures Fund. Follows a Series A of $23M in Sep 2025 from Lightspeed, YC, Together). Founded in Aug 2024, SF based. Founders: CEO Mukund (Motilal Nehru NIT, Columbia) was the CTO of Dunzo for close to nine years; CTO Madhav (IIT BHU, Penn State) was an ML engineer at Dropbox, with engineering stints at Sigma Computing, Mixpanel, Amazon and Zenefits. Comps: Replit, Adept.

Startup offering high-performance optical connectivity solutions to address challenges in data movement for AI and high-performance computing systems. Their HBxIO platform integrates photonics with silicon using advanced packaging to facilitate faster, lower-power data transfer necessary for scaling large AI systems. The company plans to use the recent funding to accelerate product development and expand its R&D facilities across the US, India, and Taiwan. $33M in Series A round led by ICM HPQC Fund with participation from TDK Ventures, Systemiq Capital, Banpu Innovation & Ventures, G Vision Capital, Ajinomoto Group Ventures, AVITIC Innovation Fund. Founded in Sep 2023, San Jose and Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Vivek was the Director of R&D in the optical systems division at Broadcom Inc., having spent seven years as a design engineer at Intel; CPO Rebecca was the director of product management at Lightmatter and also the principal engineer and product line manager at Broadcom Inc. Comps: LightSpeed Photonics, which raised a $6.5M Pre-Series A a week ago from pi Ventures, Java and India Accelerator.

Enterprise software provider using an AI-first approach to modernise core business systems as an alternative to consulting-led digital transformation. It adds an intelligence layer on top of ERPs and CRMs, helping companies automate workflows, analyse data in real time and unify information across departments. Current traction/customers unknown. $3.5 million Pre-Series A round. Founded in Nov 2023, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Rajiv was the Managing Director of Reddington Group and CEO of Indian Energy Exchange. He spent almost two decades at HP; CRO Rajesh serves as an independent director at Xerox India and is the founder of Scalorg (a GTM accelerator). He was SVP of Global Alliances at Dell, where he spent a decade; COO Rajnish was previously VPand Head of India and the Subcontinent in Zebra Techonologies and also spent two decades at HP; CTO Ankur was VP of Operations at Mode Mobile and spent almost seven years at Intel.

Startup developing optical interconnect technology to speed up how data moves inside AI/high performance computing systems. The company builds small, energy-efficient optical modules that can replace traditional copper connections, offering faster data transfer, lower power use and a lighter hardware footprint. The tech is built for AI data centres, edge devices, 5G networks, aerospace systems and other compute-heavy industries, positioning the company as an emerging enabler of next-generation data infrastructure. $6.5M Pre-Series A round led by pi Ventures. Other investors in the round: 500 Global, Indian Accelerator, 8X Ventures, Java Capital. Founded in 2019 as LightSpeed AI Labs. Part of the Entrepreneur First Bangalore cohort. Bangalore/Singapore based. Founders: CEO Rohin was earlier the R&D Chief at MyTi Technetronics, an R&D company in electronics design; CTO Ramana was the Director of Research at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.

YC Winter 2021. An AI-led insurtech company modernising how commercial insurance is underwritten. Its flagship offering, “CURE” (Centralised Underwriting Risk Environment), brings all the key undewriting steps - collecting submissions, reading documents, doing research, scoring risk and managing workflows - into one system, helping underwriters work faster (by up to 85%) and make more accurate decisions. $7M Series A round led by Stellaris Venture Partners. The company is SF and Bengaluru based. Founded in Apr 2020. Founder and CEO Akash Agarwal (IIT Roorkee), previously worked at Playment (data labelling infra) as a project manager.

Noida-based AI research startup building multilingual LLMS and enterprise AI tools for businesses in India and other emerging markets - for example,it combines natural language search and data from 700M professionals to drive lead generation and talent acquisition for its clients. The goal is to "democratize artificial intelligence for the next 3 billion users in emerging markets". $10M Series A round. Other investors in the round: Korea Development Bank Capital, Daekyo Investment, and DS & Partners. Founded in 2018, the company started out as McKinley & Rice, an IT and HR cross-border outsourcing firm. Founders: CEO Felix was an attorney in Korea.

AI led FinOps automation platform that helps finance teams with AI-led insights across finance functions - accounting, treasury and MIS reporting. This drives down reconcilation times and time taken to close books by up to 80%. No information on current customers. Founded in 2021, Hyderabad based. $7.35M Series A round led by Valorshield (no information available on this investor). The three founders are from Open, the neobank - CEO Satya was SVP and Division Head - Contexual Banking; CBO Nilotpal was VP of Sales.; Raghavendra was VP & Business Head of Lending & Wealth. Prior to this, the three worked together at Optobizz (founded by Satya), a GST and financial automation platform, which was acquired by Open in 2021 for $5M in cash+stock.