Technical assessments using real on-the-job tasks in live production environments. This is using a "Watch-Them-Work" approach, where sessions are fully recorded, candidates can use any tools they want including AI, and all the decisions they make are captured to see their approach. 10,000 candidates have been assessed, with a reported 70% reduction in time-to-hire. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, investors also undisclosed. Founded in Sep 2024, Vadodara and SF based. Founders: Naman (Dhirubhai Ambani Univ. '12; North Carolina State Univ. '14) is an engineer from Microsoft (three years) and Oracle (five years) who was VP of Technology at Euler Motors for a year; Zubin (Univ. of Mumbai '12; North Carolina '14) built a GTM agency for SaaS companies, and was Demand Generation Manager at Perfect Gym Solutions (software for the fitness industry).

Prompt-led AI video editing platform that turns raw footage into production-ready content for creators, agencies and marketing teams. Users can define tone, pacing and narrative pace using prompts, while the AI automatically structures cuts, subtitles, music and visual elements. Pre-seed round of an undisclosed amount, at a $M valuation, with investors undisclosed. Founded in Aug 2025, Gurgaon based. Founders: CEO Rishabh (no prior information available); Principal Advisor & Director Dishant (Univ. of London '11) is Managing Partner at Pindrop Media (creative consultancy and production house); co-founder Chaithanya (Christ Univ. '21; Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County '24) spent a year at Capgemini as an Analyst.

AI agents purpose built for pharma and medtech companies. It helps these companies automate commercial work including reviewing tenders, drafting proposals and converting marketing documents into videos for doctors. It is targeting $5M in contracted ARR and 100 enterprise client this FY27, and will expand beyond India into LatAm, Southeast Asia and MENA. $2.2M seed round. Other investors in the round: Atrium Angels. Founded in Nov 2023 as Swish Club (device leasing (laptops, smartphones) on a subscription model), pivoted over to SwishX in Jan 2026. Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Dushyant (IIT Delhi '05; INSEAD '13) was CEO of TinyWhale (SaaS for after school activities) and was a Venture Partner at Antler in Singapore; CPO Jai (Jindal Global Law School '15) was Associate Director of Product Manager at DealShare (~three years) and was a PM at Amazon.

Enterprise blockchain infrastructure company serving government, financial institution and enterprise workflows. The company has delivered over a 1,000 blockchain projects over the last decades, particularly for BFSI and governments globally. $3M round, the first institutional round after a decade of being boot strapped. Founded in Jan 2005, Chandigarh based. Founders: CEO Vikram (Kurukshetra University '01) and COO Shashi (SLIET '06) were co-founders of ASB Academy (blockchain education).

Multi-channel notification system that enables businesses to manage communications through a single API. As expected, this drives up engagement and purchases by end-customers. Serves customers across industries, including Crazy Games, Chargebee, Siemens, HeyReach. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, from Chiratae's Sonic DeepTech program. The program offers up to $2M in funding. The company raised its first round of $1M in Sep 2022 led by BoldCap along with Titan, FortyTwo.VC, All In Capital. Founded in Jan 2022, SF and Bangalore based. Founders: Nikita (IIT Delhi '13) was Product Lead at Aasaanjobs for six years, including after the acquisition by OLX; Gaurav (IIT Bombay '02-'07 - dropped out in the last year) was CTO at RocketApp (jobs portal for front-line and blue collar workers) for seven years.

AI avatars that replace static chatbots with audio-visual, product-aware conversational agents trained on sales and marketing content. An agent lives on your website as a human-like avatar. The moment a visitor lands on your site, it starts a conversation, answering questions and showcasing the product through an interactive experience, as if they were actually using it. Seed round of an undisclosed amount, from Chiratae's Sonic DeepTech program. The program offers up to $2M in seed funding. Founded in Aug 2024, SF based. Founders: CEO Suyash (IIT Kharagpur ‘21) had brief stints as a PM (WizCommerce) and engineer (Barclays Wealth Management); CTO Utsav (IIT Delhi ‘22) was an engineer at EightFold (upskilling platform); CRO Sudhir is a former accounts exec from Fractal, Whatfix and 6sense.

API-driven telephony infrastructure for voice AI agents. The platform offers Direct Inward Dialing provisioning (i.e. activating virtual phone numbers) low-latency SIP (i.e. voice over internet calls) trunking, real-time streaming, noise cancellation, and compliance automation, enabling developers to integrate voice AI quickly. $1M seed round. Founded in Jul 2025, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Suman (Osmania '02; IT-Universitetet i København '05) was Founder & CEO of Finin (neobank) which was acquired by Open, where he then headed Strategy & New Initiatives; CTO Vikash (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) '15) was a software architect at Bandwidth Inc. and SDE at Plivo.

Developer of Aerios, an operating system for airports, which integrates real-time terminal operations and airside operations into a unified platform. This covers a whole lot including flight scheduling, the management of gates, counters and baggage belts, lost and found, billing, maintenance audits, DGCA compliance. The company's first deployment is with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Chennai International Airport, with its Airside Management software reducing runway occupancy time by 22% during a 20 day study across 3,500 flights. While Chennai is a major airport, smaller regional airports often operate with manual processes, while mid-sized airports operate with fragmented systems. $1M seed round. Founded in Nov 2018, Chennai based. Founders: CEO Suseendar (Aeronautical Engineering '12 from Hindustan University; Electromechanical Engineering '15 from Tamkang University) worked as a Systems Architect at Intlosol Works (hardware + software solutions for cold supply chain); COO Cherukuru (Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Bharathiar Univ.) was Solutions Architect Aviation at Esteem E Technologies, Technical Director at MindVTelecom (wireless tech for government and defence organisations) and Technical Architect at Techroutes Network (also telecom).

Outcome-based legal AI platform which combines AI for legal research, document review, drafting and workflow efficiency with a marketplace of legal professionals. Used by 500 clients across law firms, enterprises, public institutions. Building for a global user base. $2.2M seed round. Other investors in the round: 8i Ventures. Founded in Mar 2023, SF/Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Varun (National University of Juridical Sciences) was an associate at law firm AZB; co-founder Manas (SMU) was with HubSpot (accounts exec); CTO Sumit (IIT Delhi '21) was with Magnify Labs and Harmonic. Varun and Manas are brothers.

Outcome-based AI-native software delivery company using agents across solution design, workflow creation, code, testing and deployment. The company offers AI Library MCP, a unified infrastructure layer designed to simplify how AI agents operate in real-world enterprise environments. Clients include Tally, Times Group, Burger Singh, DeKoder. $560K pre-seed round at a $7.5M cap from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2023, SF based. Co-Founder & CEO Arani (St. Stephens '11) built software dev firm Iarani for over a decade, from 2012 onwards.