Introduction

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries, redefining business operations, and creating new possibilities for innovation. From generative AI and machine learning to intelligent automation and predictive analytics, AI is becoming a key driver of technological advancement and economic growth.

India’s AI startup ecosystem is gaining momentum, driven by a new generation of entrepreneurs developing solutions to real-world challenges across healthcare, finance, education, manufacturing, and enterprise technology. These founders are combining technical expertise with entrepreneurial vision to build scalable businesses, explore emerging opportunities, and bring practical AI applications to the market.

The AI Founders 100 — India’s Rising Leaders Building the Future with AI recognises 100 emerging founders who are contributing to this transformation through their innovation, leadership, and commitment to building AI-driven ventures. This initiative celebrates their efforts to turn ideas into impactful solutions and contribute to India’s growing presence in the global AI landscape.

Abhijeet Kunwar, Founder, Maino AI: Abhijeet Kunwar is building Maino AI, a digital marketing intelligence and automation platform designed to help growth and performance marketing teams make better decisions. Drawing on his experience in technology leadership, data engineering, and large-scale product development, he focuses on turning complex campaign data into actionable insights. Maino AI aims to help marketers understand performance changes, identify the factors driving results, and determine effective next steps through AI-powered intelligence.

Abhijit Sharma, Co-Founder & CTO, Singulr AI: Abhijit Sharma is a technology entrepreneur with extensive experience in enterprise software architecture, cloud infrastructure, and data centre operations. As Co-Founder and CTO of Singulr AI, he applies his technical expertise to building advanced enterprise technology solutions. Previously, he co-founded Arkin Net, which was acquired by VMware, and held senior engineering roles at VMware and BMC Software. With multiple granted patents and a strong background in systems engineering, he brings deep technical expertise to enterprise AI innovation.

Abhishek Gupta, Founder, Riverline AI: Abhishek Gupta is building Riverline AI, a technology company focused on helping lending businesses improve loan collection outcomes. As a founder with experience across fintech, insurance technology, and software development, he brings a hands-on approach to solving complex business problems. His previous ventures include FastClaims, which automated insurance claim processing, and Cliff Money, an investment management platform. His work reflects a focus on developing practical technology solutions through customer research, experimentation, and product engineering.

Dr. Aditi Balbir, CEO and Founder, EcoRatings: Dr. Aditi Balbir is the founder and CEO of EcoRatings, an AI-powered sustainability intelligence platform established in 2023. The company focuses on helping businesses assess their environmental impact and integrate sustainability insights into their decision-making processes. Through its technology-driven approach, EcoRatings aims to make sustainability assessment more accessible and actionable for organisations seeking to understand and improve their environmental performance.

Alok Gotam, Founder, Olbrain Labs: Alok Gotam is building Olbrain Labs, an enterprise operating system designed for the agentic AI era. The platform enables businesses to build, deploy, and govern AI agents, workflows, access policies, and enterprise context. His work focuses on persistent AI identity, allowing agents to maintain consistent purpose, commitments, and verifiable records over time. Through Olbrain Labs, he aims to establish foundational infrastructure for reliable and autonomous enterprise AI systems.

Aman Goel, Co-Founder & CEO, GreyLabs AI: Aman Goel is building GreyLabs AI, an agentic voice AI platform designed to transform customer interactions across financial services. Its AI agents help banks, NBFCs, insurers, and fintech companies automate telesales, customer support, loan collections, and call analytics across multiple Indian languages. Previously, he co-founded Cogno AI, an enterprise conversational AI company acquired by Exotel, where he subsequently led its growth. His entrepreneurial experience combines AI innovation with scaling technology businesses for enterprise customers.

Amarpreet Kalkat, Founder & CEO, Humantic AI: Amarpreet Kalkat is building Humantic AI, a buyer intelligence platform that helps revenue teams understand customer personalities, preferences, and decision-making styles. Drawing on his experience in artificial intelligence and personality prediction, he focuses on helping sales teams build stronger buyer relationships and improve sales effectiveness. Humantic AI supports revenue teams with insights that enable more personalised, buyer-centric engagement. His vision is to use AI to make business interactions more human and meaningful.

Amritanshu Jain, Founder, Simplismart: Amritanshu Jain is building Simplismart, an AI infrastructure platform designed to simplify the deployment and orchestration of generative AI models. The company focuses on delivering high-performance inference infrastructure that helps businesses deploy and scale AI applications efficiently. Previously, he worked as a machine learning engineer at Oracle, contributing to natural language processing services, model training, and inference optimisation. His expertise spans machine learning systems, distributed computing, and production-ready AI infrastructure.

Anant Nag, Co-Founder, Vorflux: Anant Nag is building Vorflux, drawing on extensive experience in software engineering, distributed systems, and data infrastructure. Before founding Vorflux, he worked at Databricks and Rubrik, contributing to enterprise technology and software development. His earlier experience at LinkedIn included work involving Hadoop and Spark workflows, performance monitoring, and testing frameworks. With a strong technical foundation, he brings expertise in designing and scaling sophisticated software systems.

Anantharam Vanchi Prakash, Founder, CodeKarma: Anantharam Vanchi Prakash is a technology entrepreneur with more than 16 years of experience in developing scalable software solutions. Through CodeKarma, he focuses on building technology that addresses complex engineering and business challenges. His expertise includes performance optimisation, data-footprint reduction, machine learning, and internet-scale systems. With a pragmatic, results-driven approach, he aims to develop efficient and scalable technology solutions that support business growth.

Anjan Umamaheswaran B, Founder, CuriousCats.ai: Anjan Umamaheswaran B is building CuriousCats.ai, a personalised news platform designed to make staying informed more engaging and accessible. The platform aims to help users discover relevant global stories while developing consistent reading habits. Previously, he spent a decade at Healthify, helping scale the business from one million to 40 million users and contributing to AI-powered products, including its virtual nutritionist. His work combines artificial intelligence, product development, and behavioural insights to reshape how people consume information.

Anshul Shrivastava, Founder & CEO, Vodex: Anshul Shrivastava is building Vodex, a voice AI company focused on transforming debt collection through intelligent automation. Its platform, DROS, uses AI-powered voice technology to help businesses streamline collection conversations and improve operational efficiency. Drawing on more than 16 years of experience in the IT industry, he combines technology leadership with an understanding of collection workflows. His work aims to help businesses modernise customer communication and make collection processes more scalable.

Anubhi Khandelwal, Founder, Terafac: Anubhi Khandelwal is building Terafac to advance AI-enabled manufacturing and industrial automation. Drawing on her experience as an automation specialist at Siemens UK and her background in engineering, she focuses on integrating hardware, software, and intelligent technologies into manufacturing processes. Her vision is to help Indian and global manufacturers adopt advanced automation and improve operational efficiency. Through Terafac, she aims to contribute to the next generation of intelligent industrial systems.

Anuj Chandalia, Founder, Manentia AI: Anuj Chandalia is building Manentia AI, a company focused on applying artificial intelligence to medical imaging and diagnostics. Its work centres on developing AI-powered solutions to interpret complex medical images, including CT scans and MRIs, with the aim of supporting faster and more accessible diagnostic workflows. His approach combines technology innovation with a focus on healthcare challenges and clinical needs. Through Manentia AI, he aims to contribute to the advancement of AI-driven medical imaging.

Anuj Srivastava, Co-Founder, OnFinance AI: Anuj Srivastava is building OnFinance AI, an agentic AI platform designed to transform compliance, risk, and audit operations in the financial services sector. The company develops specialised AI models and agents that help financial institutions analyse regulatory updates, conduct investigations, and automate complex compliance workflows. Drawing on his experience at global investment banks, he focuses on reducing manual work and delivering audit-ready insights. His vision is to establish an AI-native operating system for regulated financial institutions.

Anuja Dhawan, Co-Founder, Dubverse AI: Anuja Dhawan co-founded Dubverse AI to make digital content more accessible through AI-powered speech and language technologies. The platform enables creators and businesses to dub videos and generate subtitles across multiple languages, helping content reach wider audiences. Under her leadership, Dubverse developed an international user base and worked to reduce language barriers across digital media. Her experience spans product growth, business operations, and strategic account management, supporting the development of inclusive, AI-driven content solutions.

Armaan Mehta, Founder, TraqCheck: Armaan Mehta is building TraqCheck, a technology-led company operating in the talent and recruitment ecosystem. As Founder, he brings experience in entrepreneurship, investment research, and business strategy, including previous exposure to SoftBank Investment Advisers and the World Economic Forum. His professional journey reflects an interest in applying technology to business challenges and developing scalable ventures. Through TraqCheck, he aims to contribute to more effective and technology-driven recruitment processes.

Arpit Mittal, Founder, SpeakX: Arpit Mittal is building SpeakX, an AI-powered English-speaking coach designed to help learners improve their communication skills with confidence. The platform offers accessible, conversational practice that enables users to learn at their own pace. A serial entrepreneur, he previously founded Edcited, worked at Housing.com, and co-founded Yellow Class before pivoting to SpeakX. His focus combines AI, consumer product development, and business growth to make spoken English learning more accessible across India.

Ashutosh Kumar, Co-Founder, Grexa AI: Ashutosh Kumar is building Grexa AI, an AI-powered platform designed to help small businesses improve their online visibility and customer engagement. Its solutions automate Google Business Profile optimisation, customer conversations through WhatsApp AI agents, loyalty campaigns, and business analytics. Previously, he co-founded Testbook, an education technology company that scaled to millions of users before its acquisition by Classplus. Through Grexa AI, he aims to make practical, accessible AI tools available to small businesses.

Ayush Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO, AuraML: Ayush Sharma is building AuraML, a generative simulation platform that helps robotics companies train and test intelligent systems in virtual environments. The company uses AI-powered 3D scene generation and sensor simulation to create realistic scenarios and synthetic training data for robots. Drawing on his experience in robotics software, autonomous navigation, and computer vision, he focuses on reducing the gap between simulated testing and real-world performance. His work aims to accelerate the development of more capable and reliable autonomous robots.

Brijesh Bharadwaj, Founder, Segwise AI: Brijesh Bharadwaj is building Segwise AI, a platform that helps performance marketers turn creative data into more effective advertising campaigns. The company analyses creative performance and competitor advertising to help teams develop data-backed concepts and generate new static, video, and playable creatives. Drawing on more than 12 years of experience in growth, product management, AdTech, and mobile applications, he focuses on improving marketing efficiency and return on advertising spend. His work brings AI-powered intelligence to creative strategy and campaign optimisation.

Bindu Reddy, Founder, Abacus.AI: Bindu Reddy is the co-founder and CEO of Abacus.AI, an artificial intelligence platform founded in 2019 that helps businesses build, deploy, and monitor AI agents. The platform enables users to automate workflows, create documents, and manage complex tasks, with its Deep Agent technology supporting the development of software systems and applications. Previously, she led AI and deep learning initiatives at Amazon Web Services, where she helped launch Amazon Forecast and Amazon Personalize. She also co-founded Post Intelligence, a deep-learning-powered social media assistant acquired by Uber in 2017, and held product leadership roles at Google.

CA Hardik Dave, Founder, RoadVision AI: CA Hardik Dave is building RoadVision AI, a technology company transforming road infrastructure assessment through artificial intelligence and computer vision. Its AI-RAMS platform uses ordinary dashcam footage to assess road conditions, identify infrastructure assets, and detect safety issues without requiring specialised survey vehicles or LiDAR equipment. The system generates actionable reports and GIS-based insights to support road maintenance and planning. His vision is to make road networks safer and easier to manage through faster, more accessible AI-powered assessments.

CA Shrigopal Malani, Co-Founder, Hisabkitab: CA Shrigopal Malani is building Hisabkitab, a cloud-based accounting platform designed to simplify bookkeeping and compliance for small and micro businesses. Drawing on his background as a chartered accountant, along with legal and commerce education, he brings practical financial expertise to the development of technology-driven accounting solutions. Hisabkitab aims to help businesses maintain accurate financial records, manage compliance, and make informed decisions. His work focuses on making accounting simpler and more accessible for India’s SME ecosystem.

Deepansh Goyal, Co-Founder & CTO, Anthriq (formerly Nexstem): Deepansh Goyal is building Anthriq, a neurotechnology company developing non-invasive systems to interpret human biosignals in real time. Its technology combines EEG, EMG, ECG, and EOG signal processing with specialised hardware and embedded AI to support brain-computer and human-computer interfaces. As CTO, he leads the architecture behind signal acquisition hardware, AI pipelines, and the company’s biosignal platform. His work aims to make advanced biosignal technology more accessible to researchers and developers building next-generation human-machine interfaces.

Devyani Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO, Arrowhead: Devyani Gupta is building Arrowhead, a voice AI platform designed for high-stakes business conversations across banking, lending, and financial services. Its technology helps financial institutions automate customer interactions and improve conversion outcomes through intelligent voice agents. Drawing on her experience in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group, she brings a structured, outcome-focused approach to solving enterprise challenges. Through Arrowhead, she aims to make voice AI more reliable and effective in real-world business environments.

Gaurav Agarwal, Founder & CEO, RagaAI: Gaurav Agarwal is building RagaAI to make artificial intelligence more reliable, transparent, and trustworthy. The company developed Catalyst, an open-source platform that helps developers observe, evaluate, and debug AI systems and agents. With more than 20 years of experience in AI and computer vision, he previously held technology leadership roles at NVIDIA and Ola Electric. His work focuses on identifying AI failures, improving system reliability, and helping organisations deploy safer AI applications.

Gaurav Goyal, Co-Founder, Scalenut: Gaurav Goyal is the Co-Founder of Scalenut, an AI-powered platform focused on content creation and SEO. With extensive experience in business leadership, operations, and supply chain management, he has held senior positions at UrbanClap and Snapdeal. He also worked as a consultant at A.T. Kearney and held several management roles at ITC Limited, bringing strong expertise in business strategy, process improvement, and innovation.

Gireesh Rajendran, Co-Founder and CEO, Maieutic Semiconductors: Gireesh Rajendran is a technology entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in semiconductor design and radio-frequency technology. He previously co-founded and led Steradian Semiconductors, an imaging radar startup acquired by Renesas Electronics in 2022. A prolific innovator with 50 patents and an MIT TR35 award, he has also held technical leadership roles at Renesas, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments, contributing to the development of widely deployed semiconductor technologies.

Harjot Gill, Co-Founder and CEO, CodeRabbit: Harjot Gill is the Co-Founder and CEO of CodeRabbit, an AI-native developer tools company focused on improving code reviews through artificial intelligence. Previously, he co-founded and led FluxNinja and Netsil, where he drove product development, business strategy, fundraising, and go-to-market initiatives. Netsil was acquired by Nutanix, where Harjot subsequently served as Senior Director of Technology, bringing extensive experience in enterprise software, product innovation, and scaling technology businesses.

Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarthy, Founder, Jhana: Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarthy is the Founder of Jhana, a company working to transform legal and judicial systems for the intelligence era. With a background in economics, applied mathematics, and writing, he focuses on formalising and verifying legal knowledge, evaluating AI performance, and enabling the responsible adoption of AI in large institutions. His work aims to make legal processes more structured, measurable, and effective through advanced intelligence technologies.

Himanshu Sharma, Co-Founder, Devnagri AI: Himanshu Sharma is the Co-Founder of Devnagri AI, a language technology company helping businesses localise content and reach India’s diverse linguistic communities. Driven by the vision of making digital services and knowledge accessible in native Indian languages, he aims to reduce language barriers across education, healthcare, and online services. Through Devnagri, he is working towards a more inclusive, multilingual internet where people can participate in the digital economy regardless of their English proficiency.

Himanshu Srivastava, Founder, Neura Dynamics: Himanshu Srivastava is the Founder of Neura Dynamics, a company building AI-powered customer support agents tailored to businesses. Its solutions integrate with company knowledge bases, helpdesks, and CRMs to automate customer interactions across calls, emails, and chats around the clock. By improving response times and reducing support workloads, he aims to help businesses deliver faster, more efficient customer service through AI.

Jaivir Nagi, Founder, Crackle Technologies: Jaivir Nagi is the Founder of Crackle Technologies, a company focused on helping digital publishers maximise their revenue and build sustainable businesses. He brings extensive experience from Google, where he held senior leadership roles in online partnerships, publisher monetisation, and business development across India and Australia. His background also includes supporting startups through NASSCOM’s 10,000 Start-ups programme, combining expertise in digital advertising, strategic partnerships, and business growth.

Kali Charan Vemuru, Co-Founder, Ringg AI: Kali Charan Vemuru is the Co-Founder of Ringg AI, a company developing AI-powered voice agents for businesses. He brings experience in product management and software engineering from Flipkart and BYJU’S, where he worked on digital products, communication platforms, and scalable technology systems. He also co-founded FlyWheel, a community management platform that was acquired by WithSylva, bringing entrepreneurial and technical expertise to the development of AI-driven business communication solutions.

Karan Vaidya, Co-Founder and CTO, Composio: Karan Vaidya is the Co-Founder and CTO of Composio, a platform that enables AI agents to connect with tools and execute complex tasks more reliably. The company focuses on simplifying tool integrations, authentication, and context engineering so developers can bring AI agents into production more efficiently. Through Composio, he is working to establish a reliable communication layer between AI agents and the tools they need to perform real-world tasks.

Karthik Venkateswaran, Co-Founder, Zocket: Karthik Venkateswaran is the Co-Founder of Zocket, a generative AI-powered advertising platform that helps businesses create and optimise digital ads across multiple channels. Its technology enables marketers to generate advertising copy, identify target audiences, and streamline campaign creation across platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Google, and YouTube. Previously, he co-founded GoBumpr, an automotive services platform that was acquired by TVS Automobile Solutions, bringing substantial experience in entrepreneurship, business growth, and technology-led innovation.

Keshav Nagar, Founder, Nyaya AI: Keshav Nagar is the Founder of Nyaya AI, an AI-powered workstation designed to simplify workflows for legal professionals. The platform aims to bring legal research, documents, information sources, and professional workflows into one integrated environment. With a hands-on background in software engineering and product development, he is building the technology while also drawing on his experience in cybersecurity research through his earlier venture, CrocodileSecurity.

Kirti Prakash Mishra, Founder and CEO, YoLearn AI: Kirti Prakash Mishra is the Founder and CEO of YoLearn AI, an AI-powered tutoring platform designed for students preparing for CBSE, JEE, NEET, and CUET examinations. Its voice-first learning experience combines interactive whiteboards, syllabus-aligned explanations, and support across 22 Indian languages to make personalised education more accessible. With over 15 years of experience in the education sector and previous leadership experience at PhysicsWallah, he is also developing Pragya, a curriculum-focused language model aimed at Indian education.

Laina Emmanuel, Co-founder and CEO, BrainSightAI: Laina Emmanuel co-founded BrainSightAI in 2019, a healthcare technology company developing AI-powered and 3D visualisation solutions for the diagnosis and prognosis of neuropsychiatric disorders. With around 20 years of experience spanning technology, international development, and business, she brings an interdisciplinary approach to healthcare innovation. She began her career in software development at NetApp and Cisco-related teams at Infosys before working as an independent consultant on public health and education initiatives. She later pursued business studies at the Indian School of Business and entrepreneurship training at MIT.

Lokap Sahu, Founder and CEO, Languify AI: Lokap Sahu is the Founder and CEO of Languify AI, an AI-focused venture built around translating complex technology into practical products for businesses. An IIT Bombay alumnus and serial entrepreneur, he has experience building companies across smart materials, IoT hardware, medical devices, and artificial intelligence. His entrepreneurial journey includes two exits, and his work at Languify AI reflects his focus on developing commercially viable technology solutions that address real-world business needs.

Maitreya Wagh, Co-Founder and CEO, Bolna: Maitreya Wagh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bolna, a voice AI platform that helps businesses build and deploy AI-powered voice agents. The company serves enterprises with solutions designed to automate voice-based interactions and support business operations at scale. Before founding Bolna, he worked at Probo and Bain & Company, gaining experience in business growth, operations, and strategic consulting that supports his approach to building and scaling AI products.

Manas Gupta, Founder, GobbleCube: Manas Gupta is the Founder of GobbleCube, an AI-powered revenue intelligence platform designed to help brands identify growth opportunities and improve business performance. The platform consolidates and enriches data from marketplaces, operational tools, and benchmarking sources to provide actionable insights into revenue trends, opportunities, and potential losses. Previously, he was part of the leadership team at Grofers, now Blinkit, where he led analytics, data architecture, replenishment design, investor relations, and corporate development.

Mandar Natekar, Founder, NeuralGarage: Mandar Natekar is the Founder of NeuralGarage, a technology company working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and media entertainment. With more than two decades of experience in the media and entertainment industry, he has developed expertise in monetisation, business development, content planning, digital revenue, and team leadership. Through NeuralGarage, he is combining his industry experience with technology-driven innovation to contribute to the emerging ContentTech ecosystem.

Manisha Raisinghani, Founder and CEO, SiftHub: Manisha Raisinghani is the Founder and CEO of SiftHub, an AI-focused company building solutions for enterprise productivity and knowledge workflows. She previously co-founded LogiNext, where she served as CTO and helped build the company’s technology capabilities over several years. With experience spanning software engineering, enterprise technology, and startup leadership, she is also an active angel investor and brings a strong technical and entrepreneurial perspective to building AI-powered business solutions.

Manoj Chandra Bhamidipati, Founder, BugRaid AI: Manoj Chandra Bhamidipati is the Founder of BugRaid AI, bringing over 15 years of experience in infrastructure automation, microservices, cloud computing, and system design. His expertise includes Kubernetes, containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, cloud migration, and application monitoring across platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Through his technical background, he focuses on building and deploying scalable, automated technology systems that support reliable software operations.

Mansoor Rahimat Khan, Co-Founder, Beatoven AI: Mansoor Rahimat Khan is the Co-Founder of Beatoven AI, a company developing AI-powered music solutions. A professional sitar player and music technology entrepreneur, he brings around two decades of experience in live performance and the recording industry, along with a deep musical heritage. An alumnus of Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree, he combines musical expertise with experience in technology and product development, including work related to deep learning for audio applications.

Mohit Sharma, Co-Founder, Upliance.ai: Mohit Sharma is the Co-Founder of Upliance.ai, a company focused on bringing intelligent technology into everyday cooking and home appliances. As CTO, he combines engineering and product development expertise to rethink traditional kitchen appliances through technology-driven experiences. Previously, he held engineering leadership roles at Chaayos, where he helped develop proprietary tea-making machines, and gained additional experience in analytics, business development, and technology consulting.

Moksh Garg, Founder, Figr: Moksh Garg is the Founder of Figr, an AI-powered design platform that helps teams design, iterate, and launch digital products more efficiently. Its tools support workflows such as generating design systems, creating wireframes, and conducting automated design audits. Before founding Figr, he worked on product design for multiple startups and founded Valerio Electric while studying electrical engineering and economics at BITS Pilani. He has also contributed to digital education initiatives aimed at rural communities.

Mukesh Bansal, Founder, Nurix AI (now NuPlay AI): Mukesh Bansal is an entrepreneur and technology leader with experience building and scaling consumer technology businesses. He founded Myntra and co-founded CureFit, now Cult.fit, and has played significant roles in shaping India’s e-commerce and fitness technology sectors. Through Nurix AI, now associated with NuPlay AI, he is exploring new AI-driven opportunities, drawing on his background in product development, entrepreneurship, and consumer platforms.

Mukund Jha, Co-Founder and CEO, Emergent: Mukund Jha is the Co-Founder and CEO of Emergent, a company focused on AI-powered software creation and development. He previously co-founded Dunzo, where he served as CTO and helped build technology for an on-demand delivery platform. His background also includes software engineering at Google and research in machine learning, natural language processing, and speech recognition at Columbia University. Through Emergent, he is applying his technical and entrepreneurial experience to make software development more accessible through AI.

Naresh Prajapati, Founder and CEO, Rootle AI: Naresh Prajapati is the Founder and CEO of Rootle AI, bringing extensive experience in technology, engineering, and entrepreneurship. He also founded Azilen Technologies, where he has worked on solving business challenges through technology and engineering-led innovation. With a career spanning software engineering and technology leadership, he combines technical expertise with entrepreneurial vision to develop solutions that address practical business needs.

Nikhil Gupta, Co-Founder, LimeChat: Nikhil Gupta is the Co-Founder of LimeChat, a company developing conversational AI agents that help brands automate customer interactions at scale. With a background in computer science and artificial intelligence from IIT Delhi, he is focused on building AI solutions that make customer engagement more efficient and personalised. LimeChat’s technology enables leading brands to automate a significant share of customer conversations while improving response quality and customer satisfaction.

Nikunj Bajaj, Co-Founder and CEO, TrueFoundry: Nikunj Bajaj is the Co-Founder and CEO of TrueFoundry, a technology company focused on helping organisations deploy and manage machine learning and AI applications. With expertise in machine learning, data science, robotics, and computer vision, he is passionate about applying advanced technology to solve real-world problems. Through TrueFoundry, he aims to make AI adoption more accessible and efficient for businesses while translating research and technical innovation into practical impact.

Nitin Mahajan, Founder, Quickads: Nitin Mahajan is the Founder of Quickads, an AI-powered advertising platform designed to help businesses and e-commerce sellers create and optimise performance marketing campaigns. His work focuses on using AI and proprietary data tools to make digital advertising more effective and affordable. Alongside his entrepreneurial pursuits, he is an angel investor who supports emerging founders and innovative businesses with the potential to create meaningful impact.

Prabhat Dubey, Co-Founder, Krut AI: Prabhat Dubey is the Co-Founder of Krut AI, bringing a strong technical background in full-stack development, data engineering, and business analytics. His experience includes developing web and mobile applications, optimising data-processing workflows, and building scalable cloud infrastructure using technologies such as Spark, Go, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. He is focused on applying his engineering expertise to AI and big-data projects that improve efficiency and deliver practical technology solutions.

Prashanth Harshangi, Founder, Enkrypt AI: Prashanth Harshangi is the Founder of Enkrypt AI, an AI security company focused on protecting generative AI systems from vulnerabilities, data leakage, and malicious attacks. With a PhD in Adaptive Systems from Yale University and experience developing machine learning systems, he works on AI red-teaming, security guardrails, model monitoring, and responsible AI deployment. His research and technical leadership help enterprises adopt generative AI more securely and confidently across highly regulated industries.

Pratik Sharda, Co-Founder and CEO, CraftifAI: Pratik Sharda is the Co-Founder and CEO of CraftifAI, a company building AI-powered infrastructure to simplify embedded software development across diverse hardware platforms. Its technologies automate the creation of hardware-optimised perception pipelines, firmware, and FPGA acceleration solutions, helping intelligent software run efficiently on edge devices. With experience spanning fintech, deep technology, SaaS, and enterprise software, he is focused on making AI deployment across physical systems faster and more accessible.

Pratyush Kumar, Founder, Sarvam AI: Pratyush Kumar is the co-founder of Sarvam AI, an Indian AI company established in 2023 with a focus on developing AI technologies. He has a strong background in research and academia, having worked as a researcher at Microsoft and IBM and as a faculty member at IIT Madras. He also co-founded AI4Bharat, an initiative focused on building AI technologies for Indian languages, and One Fourth Labs. His experience across research, teaching, and entrepreneurship supports his work in advancing AI development and applications in India.

Priyanka Das, Founder, Genovation Technological Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: Priyanka Das is the Founder of Genovation Technological Solutions, a company developing privacy-first agentic AI for defence, aerospace, government, and other regulated environments. Its work focuses on deep agents, small language models, and machine learning technologies supported by cryptography to enable secure and controlled AI deployment. Her vision is to build intelligent systems that can operate in cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments while prioritising security, explainability, and data sovereignty.

Priyansh Negi, Co-Founder, PredCo: Priyansh Negi is the Co-Founder of PredCo, a company helping organisations improve compliance and operational efficiency through industrial AI and digital transformation. He leads initiatives focused on strategic partnerships and industry collaboration, particularly in the Industry 4.0 ecosystem. Previously, he founded Startic Field, where he developed software solutions for startups and built portfolio management technology, gaining experience in product development, business growth, and entrepreneurship.

Raghu Ravinutala, Founder, Yellow.ai: Raghu Ravinutala is the co-founder and CEO of Yellow.ai, an enterprise AI company developing conversational and agentic AI solutions for customer service automation. Its platform helps businesses manage customer interactions, understand requests, and resolve issues proactively across multiple channels. Under his leadership, Yellow.ai has expanded its reach to more than 650 enterprises across over 85 countries, supporting 135-plus languages and handling billions of conversations annually. Before founding the company, he spent nearly 15 years working on chip design, high-frequency processors, and wireless infrastructure, alongside product management.

Rahul Jain, Co-Founder and CEO, Wyzard.AI: Rahul Jain is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wyzard.AI, an AI-powered platform designed to help software companies engage website visitors, capture leads, and improve conversions. Its autonomous AI agents act as round-the-clock product experts, interacting with prospects through chat, email, and follow-ups to qualify leads and deliver relevant product information. Through intelligent, human-like engagement, Wyzard.AI aims to help software businesses strengthen marketing and sales processes.

Rakesh Rajendran, Founder and CEO, NudgeBee: Rakesh Rajendran is the Founder and CEO of NudgeBee, a company building AI agents and automation solutions for cloud operations, site reliability engineering, and financial operations teams. With two decades of experience in distributed systems and enterprise technology, he focuses on making AI-driven operational automation reliable, secure, and cost-effective at scale. He also has experience in entrepreneurship and holds a patent related to distributed photo-processing workflows, bringing deep technical expertise to enterprise AI.

Ritu Soni Srivastava, Founder, Lightbulb AI: Ritu Soni Srivastava is the Founder of Lightbulb AI, a deep-tech company developing AI-powered insights platforms for market research, enterprise intelligence, and gaming analytics. Its technology combines visual AI, conversational AI, and generative AI to analyse interactions and uncover insights from large volumes of data. With over two decades of experience across technology, healthcare, telecommunications, and media, she previously founded Obino, a digital health and weight-loss platform that was acquired by RoundGlass in 2017.

Ritwika Chowdhury, Founder, Unscript AI: Ritwika Chowdhury is the Founder of Unscript AI, a company enabling businesses to create personalised videos using artificial intelligence. An IIT Kharagpur alumna and former AI research scientist at Intel and Engphile Labs, she combines technical research experience with a focus on customer engagement and marketing innovation. Unscript AI’s solutions help businesses deliver customised video communications, with reported improvements in meeting conversions and customer engagement for clients across sectors.

Rohan Chaudhary, Founder and CEO, Rumik.ai: Rohan Chaudhary is the Founder and CEO of Rumik.ai, an AI research lab focused on building more human-like artificial intelligence. He brings experience in product development, business leadership, and startup operations, having previously built products at Builder.ai and led businesses in SaaS and technology. His entrepreneurial journey also includes founding Unlearn Product, a platform supporting career transitions into product and design roles, reflecting his broader interest in building useful, human-centred technology.

Rohit Rao, Founder and CEO, Segmind: Rohit Rao is the Founder and CEO of Segmind, a company focused on making generative AI models and workflows easier for developers and businesses to use. His entrepreneurial background includes founding technology ventures such as HoverX and Gadgetronica, as well as co-founding SenseHawk. With experience in web development, business development, and product building, he brings a combination of technical and entrepreneurial expertise to advancing the adoption of generative AI.

Sadhvi Sharma, Co-Founder, TheHireHub.AI: Sadhvi Sharma is the Co-Founder of TheHireHub.AI, a company focused on applying AI to recruitment and hiring workflows. She brings experience in human resources, executive search, and business operations, having worked in HR and leadership-support roles before joining the venture. Her background in talent management and executive search provides a foundation for developing technology-driven solutions that aim to improve hiring processes and connect organisations with suitable talent.

Sajid Shariff, Founder and CEO, Dextr AI: Sajid Shariff is the Founder and CEO of Dextr AI, a company developing an AI operating system for the experience economy. He brings extensive experience scaling businesses across product, revenue, and finance, including leadership roles at high-growth and unicorn startups. Previously, he worked as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and founded Doing Good Fellows, an online volunteering platform with an international community. His cross-functional expertise supports his focus on building AI-driven business solutions.

Sandeep Khuperkar, Founder, Data Science Wizards: Sandeep Khuperkar is the Founder of Data Science Wizards, a deep-tech AI company developing its enterprise AI operating system, DSW UnifyAI OS. With 28 years of technology experience and over 20 years in open-source technologies, he specialises in enterprise architecture, data integration, and technology strategy. Previously, he held leadership positions at Ashnik, IBM, and Red Hat, helping businesses adopt open-source solutions and expand technology operations across India and Southeast Asia.

Sarthak Shrivastava, Founder, Floworks AI: Sarthak Shrivastava is the Founder of Floworks AI, a company building AI agents that automate sales and revenue operations. Its solutions support workflows such as sales development, lead research, revenue operations, and customer success, helping businesses streamline processes and improve productivity. With experience across SaaS, e-commerce, logistics, and fintech in India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, he brings a strong background in sales strategy, operations, and business growth.

Saumya Rawat Pandey, Co-Founder, Parchaa: Saumya Rawat Pandey is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Parchaa, a healthcare technology company using AI to support clinical decision-making. A qualified physician, she holds an MBBS degree from the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune and an MD from Memorial Healthcare System in Florida. She is board-certified in internal medicine and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom, bringing clinical expertise and an understanding of healthcare systems across India, the United States, and the UK to AI-driven healthcare innovation.

Shashank K., Founder, Redacto: Shashank K. leads product and security at Redacto, an AI-powered privacy and data security infrastructure company founded in 2024. Redacto aims to simplify data security, privacy, and trust operations by embedding data context and autonomous AI agents into enterprise workflows. Its focus includes automating data discovery, consent management, and third-party risk operations while strengthening compliance.

Shobhit Gupta, Founder, Aviara Labs: Shobhit Gupta founded Aviara Labs in 2024 to help enterprises streamline complex workflows through AI-powered products and custom solutions. Its offerings include Aviara Connect, an AI-native contract lifecycle and revenue operations platform, and DocuSensa, a document intelligence platform for proposal generation and data extraction. The company also develops AI solutions for healthcare workflows, including voice agents, clinical documentation, and referral management.

Shreyans Sancheti, Founder & CEO, Linkrunner: Shreyans Sancheti is the founder and CEO of Linkrunner, established in 2024. An electrical engineering graduate from BITS Pilani, Goa, he has co-founded two startups, including Bluelearn and Linkrunner. His entrepreneurial experience includes building consumer-focused products from the ground up, alongside a strong interest in finance and capital markets.

Siddharth Bhardwaj, Co-founder and CTO, Beatoven.ai: Siddharth Bhardwaj is the co-founder and CTO of Beatoven.ai, a music creation platform designed for content creators. An alumnus of the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, and IIIT Allahabad, he specialises in music technology. His experience spans audio signal processing, machine learning, deep learning, and generative music.

Sirish Kosaraju, Founder, Wizr AI: Sirish Kosaraju leads Wizr AI, a generative AI platform focused on improving employee and customer experiences through enterprise AI solutions. Before this venture, he co-founded RapidValue, a digital product engineering firm, where he served as COO, and incubated ellow, a venture focused on remote work opportunities. At Wizr AI, he aims to help organisations improve decision-making, operational efficiency, and business transformation through AI.

Srivatsan Venkatesan, Co-founder, Highperformr AI: Srivatsan Venkatesan is a serial entrepreneur and product leader building Highperformr AI, a go-to-market intelligence platform that helps businesses identify accounts, uncover buyer intent, and enrich data for account-based marketing and sales development. Previously, he served as VP of Product and business unit head for CRM products at Freshworks, helping build and scale its CRM portfolio. He also founded Cloudnucleus, which was acquired by Vembu Technologies.

Suparna Singh, Founder, Frammer AI: Suparna Singh brings three decades of experience in broadcast and digital media to Frammer AI, a video platform that uses artificial intelligence to help publishers create high-quality content at scale for social media. She previously led a major turnaround at NDTV and became the first woman CEO of a television news network in India. Combining editorial expertise with management leadership, she advocates a human-in-the-loop approach to media technology and AI-powered content production.

Surojit Chatterjee, Founder, Ema: Surojit Chatterjee founded Ema in 2023 to help enterprises deploy AI employees across functions such as HR, IT, and finance. Previously, he served as Chief Product Officer at Coinbase, where he helped scale revenue and active users ahead of its 2021 IPO, and as a VP at Google, where he built Google Shopping and scaled Google Mobile Ads. A technology leader and inventor holding 40 US patents, he has also published research in AI and data systems and serves on the board of Meesho.

Suvrat Bhooshan, Founder, Gan.ai: Suvrat Bhooshan founded Gan.ai in 2021, building AI avatars and video-personalisation solutions that enable enterprises to create personalised videos at scale. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he worked as a research engineer at Facebook AI Research and conducted research at Stanford University in machine learning and time-series representation. His background spans artificial intelligence, software engineering, and applied research.

Tonmoy Shingal, Founder, Binocs: Tonmoy Shingal founded Binocs in 2022 to transform investment due diligence and strategic advisory through agentic AI. The platform automates complex workflows, including industry analysis, investment memos, commercial due diligence, credit assessments, and financial statement analysis, helping reduce turnaround times. Previously, he co-founded Mettl, an AI-driven assessment platform that served more than 3,500 enterprise customers before its acquisition by Mercer in 2018. He has also worked with BCG, JPMorgan, and Texas Instruments and is an active angel investor.

Umair Mohammad, Founder, Nitro Commerce: Umair Mohammad is an e-commerce entrepreneur and SaaS specialist focused on developing technology solutions for retailers, small businesses, and enterprise customers. His experience includes solving data assimilation and data warehousing challenges, as well as building AI-driven marketing solutions for e-commerce businesses through Wigzo Technologies. His work centres on using data and AI to improve marketing relevance, reduce customer acquisition costs, and optimise spending.

Utkarsh Trivedi, Founder, Verifast: Utkarsh Trivedi is the founder of Verifast, an AI platform that helps direct-to-consumer brands improve sales, customer experience, and growth intelligence. Drawing on his experience leading Airtel stores across Delhi NCR and building its home-delivery business during the COVID-19 period, he developed AI agents that support customer conversations, automate service requests, and generate actionable marketing insights. Verifast reports serving more than 500 Shopify stores and processing over 100 million shopper conversations.

Vaibhavi Gangwar, Co-founder, Bifrost (by Maxim AI): Vaibhavi Gangwar is the co-founder and CEO of Bifrost, part of Maxim AI, which builds infrastructure for deploying reliable AI agents in production. Its technology stack includes AI gateways, governance, observability, and evaluation tools that help teams develop and manage AI agents. Before founding the company in 2023, she worked as a product manager at Google on Assistant NLP and developer platform teams, bringing experience in product development and technology strategy.

Venus Dharia, Founder, Phot.AI: Venus Dharia founded Phot.AI in 2022, focusing on AI-powered creative solutions that help businesses make better marketing decisions and scale content production. Her approach draws on experience at AppyHigh, where products reached more than 700 million downloads. She identified creative decision-making—not simply content generation—as a major growth bottleneck and has worked to develop systems that test marketing narratives, evaluate creative performance, and turn campaign insights into scalable growth strategies.

Vignesh Baskaran, Founder, Hexo AI: Vignesh Baskaran is a machine learning practitioner and founder of Hexo AI, with expertise in training large neural networks and developing generative and discriminative machine learning systems. Previously, he led the machine learning research team at Darts-IP, where he built an image recognition system that contributed to the company’s acquisition by Clarivate. He has also ranked among the top 1% of Kaggle participants and developed open-source projects focused on neural network training and AI agent frameworks.

Vijay Rayapati, Founder, Atomicwork: Vijay Rayapati founded Atomicwork in 2022 to build an AI workforce for enterprise IT. The company develops AI coworkers designed to take ownership of IT roles and tasks, supported by systems for governance, management, and performance measurement. Its platform aims to help enterprises integrate AI into their workforce alongside human employees, with deployments across organisations in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Vipul Prakash, Founder, FireAI: Vipul Prakash founded FireAI in 2024 to make business intelligence faster, more accessible, and more actionable through AI-powered causal decision intelligence. The platform helps organisations understand business performance, identify root causes, generate forecasts, and obtain answers in natural language without requiring SQL expertise. Drawing on 12 years of experience at companies including Zomato, BharatPe, Delhivery, and IndusInd Bank, he aims to make real-time intelligence accessible to decision-makers across organisations.

Vishwanath Kollapudi, Founder, Blend: Vishwanath Kollapudi is the co-founder of Blend, an AI-native design editing platform that helps users create high-quality visuals with greater ease. Since launching the venture in 2021, he has led product development, app design, and go-to-market experimentation. His previous experience includes product leadership roles at Locus and Happay, co-founding DrivoJoy, and working at Ola, giving him experience across product management, SaaS, logistics, and entrepreneurship.

Yashvee Shah, Founder, Globik AI: Yashvee Shah is the founder and CEO of Globik AI, a global AI data services company helping enterprises, startups, AI labs, and research organisations build production-ready AI solutions. Its services include data collection and annotation, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), model evaluation, red teaming, synthetic data generation, and multimodal AI support. With more than a decade of cross-industry business leadership and a certification in Entrepreneurship and Leadership from IIM Ahmedabad, she focuses on connecting AI research with reliable, real-world implementation.

Conclusion

India’s AI future will be shaped by entrepreneurs who can translate technological advancements into meaningful, scalable solutions. As the ecosystem evolves, emerging founders have an opportunity to address complex challenges, create new business models, and expand the applications of AI across industries. Their success will depend not only on innovation but also on responsible development, customer trust, and sustainable growth.

*The AI Founders 100 — India’s Rising Leaders Building the Future with AI* celebrates the vision and determination of founders contributing to this evolving landscape. Their journeys reflect the growing ambition of Indian entrepreneurship and the potential of homegrown AI innovation to create value across domestic and global markets.

By recognising these emerging leaders, the initiative highlights the people helping shape the next chapter of India’s technology story, where bold ideas, intelligent solutions, and entrepreneurial spirit come together to build the future with AI.

-Researched and Edited By Aastha Rawat

Disclaimer

This editorial, “The AI Founders 100 — India’s Rising Leaders Building the Future with AI,” has been curated through independent research, industry analysis, and publicly available information sourced from company websites, professional profiles, media publications, interviews, startup databases, and other relevant public resources available at the time of compilation. The founders featured represent a diverse cross-section of India’s emerging AI startup ecosystem, working across artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, intelligent automation, and other AI-driven technologies. This editorial is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive list of all AI startup founders in India.

The selection process follows an editorial approach that considers founders building and leading AI-driven startups, products, platforms, and solutions across various industries. The profiles reflect diverse entrepreneurial journeys, business models, technological applications, and stages of startup development. Inclusion in this editorial is based on the relevance of the founder’s work and the startup’s focus on artificial intelligence, rather than company valuation, funding raised, revenue, market share, or any comparative assessment of business performance.

The profiles are arranged in alphabetical order of the founders’ names and do not represent any ranking or hierarchy. The sequence of appearance should not be interpreted as an indication of entrepreneurial success, technological capability, influence, funding, company size, growth potential, or relative standing among the featured founders.

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