AI Landscape of Bengaluru
631 AI companies in Bengaluru, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads AI in Bengaluru
Shows the top AI firms in Bengaluru by hiring activity, funding, and overall coverage; 96 companies are hiring now and 176 have reported a funding round.
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QpiAI5last posted Jul 2026
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PyjamaHR5last posted Jul 2026
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Infilect5last posted Jul 2026
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Skit.ai4last posted Jul 2026
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FinBox4last posted Jul 2026
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Abekus4last posted Jul 2026
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Biocliq4last posted Mar 2026
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Metaforms3last posted Aug 2026
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Inkers$152.5MSeries A · Nov 2024
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Krutrim$74.9MAngel · Apr 2024
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Avataar$55.1MSeries B · Dec 2021
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SigTuple$54.8MSeries C · Aug 2024
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C5i$54MAngel · Mar 2025
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Signzy Technologies$18MFY2022 filing
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Entropik$5.9MFY2022 filing
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Verloop.io$4.4MFY2024 filing
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CloudPhysian$3.3MFY2024 filing
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5C Network$3.1MFY2021 filing
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Nava267tracked employees
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Zentron Labs134tracked employees
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Eka Care109tracked employees
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Sarvam24.5%117 tracked events
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InvestorAi4.0%19 tracked events
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RevRag3.3%16 tracked events
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CoRover3.1%15 tracked events
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AbleCredit2.7%13 tracked events
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Niramai48articles in the window
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KOGO33articles in the window
See all 631 AI companies in Bengaluru
Filter by funding, headcount, hiring and location, and export the list.
How the AI ecosystem in Bengaluru grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of AI startups founded each year, with the highest count of 124 in 2024 and 87 in 2025.
The AI market map of Bengaluru: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the types of products these firms build and their revenue models, highlighting that enterprise tech and software dominate and most earn via subscriptions.
- Enterprise Tech530 companies · $1.2B raised · 85 hiring
- Enterprise Software421 companies · $833.5M raised · 71 hiring
- Deep Tech350 companies · $829.2M raised · 52 hiring
- SaaS328 companies · $856.8M raised · 62 hiring
- Consumer Digital92 companies · $109.9M raised · 13 hiring
- Native AI in Software Development57 companies · $38M raised · 5 hiring
- Native AI in Marketing49 companies · $73.6M raised · 7 hiring
- AI-Native Computer Vision48 companies · $93.2M raised · 4 hiring
- Native AI in Customer Support44 companies · $97.3M raised · 8 hiring
- Native AI in Healthcare37 companies · $145.7M raised · 11 hiring
- Fintech37 companies · $116.4M raised · 7 hiring
- Healthtech35 companies · $91M raised · 10 hiring
Monetization
How AI companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving AI in Bengaluru
Counts corporate events over the past two years, noting 255 events including 88 funding rounds and 71 new product announcements.
- M&AThermax acquired ExactSpace, a specialist in AI-driven industrial IoT solutions.2026-04-16
- FundingIndia’s homegrown artificial intelligence start-up, Sarvam AI, is close to raising $300 million to $350 million as it seeks to build a domestic player that can compete with leaders from the US and China. Bessemer Venture Partners is expected to lead the round, with Nvidia Corp, Amazon.com Inc and Prosperity7 Ventures also participating.2026-04-03
- M&AAI & Analytics company, C5i, today announced the signing of an agreement to fully acquire Datavid, a data & AI company that helps organizations transform fragmented, unstructured, and siloed data into trusted, AI-ready data architectures using advanced data and graph engineering, knowledge graph design, and semantic modeling.2026-03-19
- M&AASM Technologies announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 20% stake in Myelin Foundry2026-02-23
- FundingAI-powered drug discovery startup Peptris also secured ₹70 Cr in a Series A round co-led by IAN Alpha Fund and Speciale Invest this month.2026-02-19
- Fundingthe original loan was taken to seed fund Krutrim, Aggarwal’s artificial intelligence venture.2025-12-17
- FundingTo support this ambitious vision, GetReplies has successfully raised $1M in a seed funding round led by the Patni Family Office.2025-12-02
- FundingConsuma, an emerging deep-tech startup, has raised $1.3 million (₹11 crore) in a seed funding round led by Equirus InnovateX Fund, with participation from prominent angel investors including Abhishek Goyal, Mekin Maheshwari, Bhavik Dholakia, Harsh Shah, Arnav Kumar, Shiv Kapoor, and Biswa Kalyan Rath.2025-10-17
- FundingStellaris Venture Partners’ $2.7 million cheque to Drizz2025-09-24
- FundingOnFinance AI raises USD 4.2M in pre-Series A led by Peak XV’s Surge, joined by prominent global and Indian investors.2025-09-23
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a AI company in Bengaluru was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| undisclosed | — | 2026-04-16 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-23 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-02-23 | ||
| GenStaq.ai | undisclosed | Announced | 2025-09-18 | |
| BharatSah’AI’yak | undisclosed | Announced | 2025-06-20 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2025-06-14 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific corporate actions such as leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins.
Ziroh LabsVineet Mittal · Appointment → Senior Vice PresidentSep 2025
CyborgIntellModel Risk Management (MRM) (Model Risk Management)Feb 2026
Phronetic AIPayCentral.ai (Agentic Payment Platform)Oct 2025
Who is building AI in Bengaluru
Ex-Microsoft · IIT Bombay BE 2008
Founder QpiCloud, SuperQ Technologies India, Qpisemi, AlphaICs, ST-Ericsson, Qualcomm, NVIDIA. Bangalore University BE 2000…
Finbox · Ex-Home Credit, TransOrg Analytics, ZS Associates · Nagpur University BTech 2009
IIT Roorkee BTech 2016
Ex-UIDAI, EkStep Foundation · IIT Delhi BTech 1989, Carnegie Mellon University PhD 1993
Co Founder & CEO Signzy.com · Ex-Co-Founder CrossLink Analytics Solutions, Essex Lake Group · IIT Delhi BE 2011
Ex-Redcastle, Bigpaa · University of Rajasthan BE 2009
Founder CXOSpace, iSTAR Skill Development, BrewHaHa Entertainment. University of Colorado Boulder MS 2002, IIM Ahmedabad MBA 2005
Ex-BCG · IIT Kharagpur BE 2003, HBS MBA 2009
- flagged as repeat founders20
- no repeat-founder flag801
- women79
- men633
Look up the people behind AI companies in Bengaluru
Search founders, executives and operators by company, role and location.
Who funds AI in Bengaluru
Summarizes investor activity with 514 funding rounds since 2016 from 1,899 investors, where the typical round is $363 k.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Angel List | 22 | 4 | Oct 2025 |
| pi Ventures | 19 | 8 | Oct 2025 |
| Entrepreneur First | 17 | 10 | Mar 2024 |
| Axilor Ventures | 17 | 6 | Oct 2023 |
| LetsVenture | 15 | 3 | Oct 2025 |
| Kalaari Capital | 14 | 8 | Dec 2025 |
| 100X.VC | 13 | 12 | Jan 2025 |
| Accel | 11 | 9 | Feb 2026 |
| Abhishek Goyal | 11 | — | Jan 2026 |
| Peak XV Partners | 10 | 8 | May 2025 |
The typical round is $363k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest AI funding rounds in Bengaluru
Lists the biggest disclosed funding deals, including Inkers' $143 M Series A round, and ten other large rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series A | $143M | Jul 2019 | Greater Pacific Capital | |
| Series B | $50M | Jan 2024 | Z47 | |
| Series B | $45M | Dec 2021 | Tiger Global Management, Peak XV Partners | |
| Series B | $35M | Jul 2025 | WestBridge Capital, A91 Partners, Aditya Birla Ventures +2 more | |
| Series A | $32M | Jul 2025 | DST, Avataar Ventures | |
| Series A | $28.5M | Dec 2023 | Peak XV Partners, Khosla Ventures, Venture Highway +1 more | |
| Series B | $26M | Sep 2022 | Arkam Ventures, Gaja Capital, Vertex Ventures | |
| Series B | $25M | May 2021 | WestBridge Capital, Exfinity Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital +40 more | |
| Series A | $25M | Dec 2024 | — | |
| Series B | $25M | Dec 2022 | Bessemer Venture Partners, SIG Venture Capital, Trifecta Capital +3 more |
159 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series A$13MMay 2026
Seed$5MApr 2026
Seed$2MApr 2026
Seed$215kApr 2026
Seed$15.8MFeb 2026
Seed$3MFeb 2026
Seed$1.8MFeb 2026
What the news says about AI in Bengaluru
Counts 15,249 news articles in the last year, most often covering product launches, technology adoption, partnerships, and consumer electronics.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate AI news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- New product launches and innovations19,140▲+35%
- Technology adoption and digital transformation16,485▲+38%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations16,133▲+51%
- Latest gadgets and consumer electronics9,989▲+11%
- Artificial intelligence advancements9,305▲+65%
- Mobile operating systems8,783▲+15%
- Global market entry strategies7,528▲+56%
- Company expansions and new market entries7,527▲+84%
- Executive leadership changes and appointments6,011▲+68%
- 5g network infrastructure5,030▲+10%
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43 AI companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch AI coverage in India as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in India AI coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
AI jobs in Bengaluru: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports 351 job postings from 94 AI firms in the past year, with common skills like Python and AWS and a median salary of $13 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What AI employers in Bengaluru put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python121▲
- aws37▲
- java36▲
- sql34▲
- javascript32▲
- kubernetes30▲
- machine learning28▲
- communication26▲
- communication skills26▲
- azure22▲
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36 AI-relevant internships in India were advertised over the same 12 months.
What the research says
The AI research read is national: 1,358 India-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Cloud Security Challenges, AI System Design Issues, Scalability and Security Risks, AI Transparency in Healthcare. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in India — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.
Who files AI patents in Bengaluru
Records 733 AI‑related patent filings from 2016‑2025, with Wipro, Robert Bosch, and Infosys leading the filings.
- Wipro405
- Robert Bosch166
- Infosys99
- Aza Services48
- NB Tech Services15
- Mphasis11
- Systream Tech India7
- Naresh Kumar7
Go deeper on AI research and innovation
Research themes, patent activity and the companies commercialising them, in one place.
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