Sector Briefing · India
Computing & AI
Computing & AI stands as one of India’s largest deep-tech sectors, anchored by a massive base of startups and a high volume of patent activity with significant foreign participation. The leading technical frontier spans machine learning, natural language processing, deep learning, cloud computing, and blockchain. Teams are directing these capabilities toward applied problems in cybersecurity, video coding and compression, educational technology, and advanced point cloud compression.
India has 3,882 computing & ai startups mapped; 42,893 patent applications analysed, of which 11,976 are granted; 2,060 foreign filers are active in the sector.
- Startups:
- 3,882
- Patents:
- 42,893
- Granted:
- 11,976
- Foreign share:
- 30%
- Inventors:
- 1,22,564
- In opposition window:
- 3,169
Why this page exists — and how to read it
A one-page brief of this sector: its filing trend, the problems being worked on, the technologies in play, who files most, foreign interest, and a sample of the startups we've mapped to it. Each panel is a door — most drill into a fuller view.
- Investors
- Read the trend and foreign share first — momentum plus outside interest — then scan the roster for patent-backed startups.
- Founders & operators
- The problems list is a whitespace map: crowded themes are validated demand, thin ones are open ground.
- Corporate & R&D
- Top filers and technologies show who to benchmark and where the sector is consolidating.
- Policy & TTO
- The domestic-vs-foreign filing split signals where Indian players lead — and where outside applicants dominate.
3,882
Startups
42,893
Patents
11,976
Granted
2,060
Foreign filers
1,22,564
Inventors
Who's filing
Indian companies lead — institutes & foreign kept separate
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCIN · 692
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.IN · 504
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICESIN · 379
- Tata Consultancy Services LimitedIN · 366
- GOOGLE LLCIN · 351
- QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDIN · 336
Educational institutes (6) — ranked by grant rate (share of filings granted, sample-adjusted), not filing volume
- Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation17 of 17 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR19 of 23 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY12 of 16 granted
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA18 of 35 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI17 of 33 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD23 of 50 granted
Foreign applicants — 30% of filings
- GOOGLEUS · 1,293
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICSKR · 1,144
- QUALCOMMUS · 1,042
- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSINGUS · 855
- APPLEUS · 542
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICESUS · 378
Filing trend
Chart starts at 2022 — earlier years reflect granted-only survivorship, not full filing volume.
View data
| Year | Domestic | Foreign | Granted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1679 | 2759 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3674 | 2879 | 20 |
| 2024 | 4737 | 3066 | 3945 |
| 2025 | 7280 | 2620 | 2210 |
| 2026 | 3991 | 923 | 2273 |
Capital in this sector
Web-sourced funding across the deep-tech startups we track — a snapshot, not a time series
337
Funded startups
~$1520.2M
Total raised
~$1.4M
Median raise
14 / 12
Series A / B+
Notable funded startups
155 raised at seed / pre-Series A. Company details, funding, stage, investors and brand names here are AI-matched to public web sources — not human-verified. Coverage is incomplete and some records may be matched to the wrong company. Treat as a directional starting point, verify before relying on any figure, and note the platform takes no responsibility for errors.
Problems being solved
Patents mapped · click to see the filers
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| cybersecurity | 3801% |
| video coding | 3621% |
| educational technology | 3111% |
| video compression | 2241% |
| natural language processing | 2181% |
| point cloud compression | 1260% |
| network security | 1130% |
| deepfake detection | 1000% |
| fake news detection | 860% |
| educational ai | 840% |
| cloud security | 730% |
| computer vision | 730% |
| cloud resource management | 720% |
| sentiment analysis | 710% |
| hr analytics | 700% |
| display technology | 640% |
| affective computing | 620% |
| conversational ai | 610% |
| recommendation systems | 610% |
| adaptive learning systems | 600% |
| attendance management | 580% |
| gesture recognition | 500% |
| ai in education | 490% |
| federated learning | 470% |
| educational analytics | 450% |
| image processing | 410% |
| human-computer interaction | 400% |
| thermal management | 360% |
| facial recognition attendance | 350% |
| memory management | 350% |
Technologies in play
Patents mapped
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| machine learning | 5,62413% |
| natural language processing | 3,0867% |
| artificial intelligence | 1,6134% |
| deep learning | 1,5364% |
| cloud computing | 1,1103% |
| blockchain | 1,1063% |
| predictive analytics | 9752% |
| reinforcement learning | 9412% |
| anomaly detection | 8062% |
| computer vision | 7232% |
| edge computing | 7152% |
| sentiment analysis | 6702% |
| federated learning | 6341% |
| convolutional neural networks | 5791% |
| image processing | 5691% |
| neural networks | 5551% |
| augmented reality | 5331% |
| adaptive learning | 5041% |
| feature extraction | 4971% |
| smart contracts | 4881% |
| speech recognition | 4761% |
| large language models | 4481% |
| iot | 4351% |
| encryption | 4341% |
| gesture recognition | 4181% |
| virtual reality | 3811% |
| facial recognition | 3231% |
| predictive modeling | 3061% |
| explainable ai | 2991% |
| user interface | 2951% |
Problems and technologies are grouped from each patent's text by AI, so treat the buckets as a map of what the sector works on — not an exact count. Open a bucket to see the filings behind it.
Where startups are mapped
| State | Startups mapped |
|---|---|
| Karnataka | 597 |
| Maharashtra | 507 |
| Tamil Nadu | 350 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 304 |
| Telangana | 297 |
| Delhi | 276 |
| Gujarat | 172 |
| Kerala | 164 |
| Haryana | 158 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 103 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 93 |
| West Bengal | 92 |
Startups · 15 of 3,882
Classified into Computing & AIby their primary technology focus (shown under each name). IP chips count a company's total matched patents, designs and trademarks — across all sectors.
ETTRICK INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
AI
Welcome to ETTRICK INNOVATIONS, where we are committed to solving complex problems through innovative technical solutions. Our approach is to simplify the most complex problems and deliver the most effective solutions to our clients. At ETTRICK INNOVATIONS, we combine the latest
Pune
SRJX RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LAB LLP
Professional & Commercial Services
A startup is a young, innovative company focused on solving problems with scalable solutions, often using technology to disrupt traditional industries and grow rapidly
Cuttack
FLOWSPHERE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
IT Services
We are a boutique training and consulting company with a vision of helping our customers to achieve business results and transform into Lean Agile Enterprise. We are gold partners with Scaled Agile Inc and partner with Scrum.orgwe are your partner in your path to agility.
Bengaluru Urban
PRIVASAPIEN TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Social Network
1) To carry on the business by using innovative privacy technology & software to enable data ecosystems to unlock value without violating user privacy.2) To research, innovate, design, develop, patent, license and deploy cutting edge technology based solutions implementable as so
Bengaluru Urban
TALENT UNLIMITED ONLINE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
IT Services
Bobble is empowering the Next Billion Indians by making their communication personalized, expressive and smarter with its cutting-edge Artificial intelligence around input methods.Website displaying all the AI-based products we have created @ Bobble.
South West Delhi
MYELIN FOUNDRY PRIVATE LIMITED
AI
Myelin Foundry is a deep-tech pioneer building agentic AI for real-time, for edge-first deployment
Bengaluru Urban
SIMULANIS SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
AR VR (Augmented + Virtual Reality)
Yet to be updated
South Delhi
VIDEONETICS TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED
IT Services
Researching, developing system level solution products for intelligent video processing and related applications.
Kolkata
Innoventory Solutions
IT Services
The entity ‘Innoventory Solutions’ aims to solving the present age problems of vehicular parking by building an intelligent connected car environment. With increasing number of vehicles on road and lack of proper parking spaces amid poor parking infrastructure, many people ha
Amritsar
STARKENN TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
AI
Starkenn Technologies aim to develop affordable ADAS or active safety equipment specifically for the Four-wheeler Passenger and Commercial vehicles segment which is compatible according to the Indian road conditions and comes with a small set-up which consumes less power and is c
Pune
RAPTORXAI PRIVATE LIMITED
AI
RaptorX drives innovation, improvement, and scalability through its advanced AI technology, which evolves continuously to detect emerging fraud patterns and adapt to new threats, fostering innovation in fraud prevention techniques. Its data-driven approach enables continuous impr
Medak
ANM Research Solutions LLP
Others
We are a recently formed company working towards the development of products and services, particularly in the field of engineering, softwares, medical, and other areas of engineering. On the services side, we are working towards providing services in the field of innovation, res
Gwalior
GNANI INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
AI
gnani.ai is an AI company focused on enterprise automation using speech recognition and NLP. Innovation : Our product is based on cutting edge AI technology focused on speech recognition and NLP. We are creating Intellectual Property that will be extremely valuable.Gnani.ai
Bengaluru Rural
Innoventory Solutions
IT Services
The entity ‘Innoventory Solutions’ aims to solving the present age problems of vehicular parking by building an intelligent connected car environment. With increasing number of vehicles on road and lack of proper parking spaces amid poor parking infrastructure, many people ha
Amritsar
PRITWISH INNOVATIONS LLP
Marketing
The limited liability partnership shall be that of to provide Digital Learning Solutions to institutions and industries. Offer innovative products and services tailored across all platforms catering to learning & development & HRMS. Using all kinds of technology, including AR, V
Mumbai
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