AI Startups To Watch: 5 Startups That Caught Our Eye In July
by Ankush Das · Inc42SUMMARY
- Inc42's latest AI Startups To Watch edition features five emerging Indian AI startups building across developer infrastructure, enterprise productivity, video intelligence, operational intelligence and mobile attribution
- As India's AI ecosystem matures, startups are moving beyond general-purpose AI to specialised AI products embedded into enterprise workflows
- This month's list includes Linkrunner, Monk CI, Rowboat Labs, Vidopix and WiredLeap, highlighting the next wave of AI-native enterprise software emerging from India
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The Indian AI ecosystem is no longer restricted to chatbots, agents and copilots.
Across industries, tech is increasingly being deployed to solve specific business problems in shorter timelines. As AI gains mainstream adoption, its impact is becoming visible across a wide range of enterprise use cases.
Today, AI is helping engineering teams speed up software development while reducing costs, enabling marketers to measure campaign performance more accurately, and improving enterprise productivity and public safety.
The shift is also becoming evident in the broader ecosystem. Enterprise AI startup C5i recently revived its public market ambitions through a confidential IPO filing, while Zeta founder Bhavin Turakhia launched Neo to tackle one of enterprise AI’s biggest challenges: fragmented organisational knowledge.
Investor appetite has remained equally strong. According to Inc42’s ‘Indian Tech Startup Funding Report, H1 2026’, Indian AI startups raised $676 Mn during the first six months of 2026, a fourfold increase over the year-ago period.
Against this backdrop, Inc42 returns with its monthly ‘AI Startups To Watch‘ series. The tenth edition highlights five emerging startups building across AI-powered mobile attribution, developer infrastructure, pre-publish video intelligence, operational intelligence and enterprise productivity.
With that said, here are the five emerging ventures that made it to the tenth edition of Inc42’s AI Startups To Watch.
Editor’s Note: This is not a ranking. The startups featured here are a curated selection by the Inc42 editorial team and are listed alphabetically.