10 AI Startups Run by Incredible Women Entrepreneurs
Women entrepreneurs are increasingly making their mark in the tech world, overcoming unique challenges and breaking barriers. Despite facing issues such as access to funding, gender bias, and balancing professional and personal life, many women have risen to prominence, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence.
As of 2023, India has witnessed a significant surge in women-led startups, with 45% of the country’s startups now led by women. Their work not only addresses real-world problems but also sets a precedent for future generations of women in entrepreneurship.
Here’s a look at 10 remarkable AI startups founded by women entrepreneurs, each contributing to their field with cutting-edge solutions.
Spark Studio
This ed-tech company was founded by Anushree Goenka, Namita Goel, and Jyothika Sahajanandan, along with Kaustubh Khade, in 2021. The women, with a combined experience of three decades in operations, education and engineering, respectively, came together to start Spark Studio, which is backed by YCombinator.
The company provides online courses for children between the ages of 6 and 15. Their focus is on extracurricular skills, offering classes in art, music, and communication areas like public speaking. Spark Studio also aims to create an engaging and interactive environment for learning with the help of Sparky, a friendly fox powered by AI, to help kids build English fluency and confidence.
GoCodeo
Meghana Jagadeesh, who previously worked at ByteDance, ShareChat and Google, began GoCodeo along with Jatin Garg. With a background in industrial engineering and management, she admits to having learnt a lot from a niche education, where engineering meets management. GoCodeo is an AI co-pilot designed for software quality control, targeting individual developers to assist in writing clean code.
The startup automates the software testing process, particularly focusing on the laborious task of writing tests by using generative AI to autonomously generate test cases. GoCodeo has attracted over 12,000 developers from 40 countries and is used by over 150 companies. The company was selected for the Google startup accelerator program last year.
Delv AI
This company was founded by a 16-year-old entrepreneur. Pranjali Awasthi, having experienced the difficulties of research, was driven to create a solution that uses artificial intelligence to make information more easily accessible. She began her entrepreneurial journey after an internship at the research labs of Florida International University, coinciding with the release of ChatGPT-3 beta.
This experience inspired her to conceive Delv.AI, with the vision to harness AI for extracting and summarising data from the vast online information space. The platform simplifies complex data gathering from various sources, making the search process faster and more efficient. The company is already valued at $12 million.
Immunito AI
ImmunitoAI is a bio-technology company that leverages AI to revolutionise antibody discovery for drug development. Founded by Trisha Chatterji and Aridni Shah, who possess expertise in the fields of artificial intelligence and biological sciences, respectively. Their combined experience brings a unique perspective and skillset to the forefront of drug discovery.
This AI-powered platform designs and screens new antibodies with specific properties, making the drug development process faster and more efficient. ImmunitoAI enjoys the backing of industry giants like Google and Entrepreneur First.
Atlan
Prukalpa Sankar’s second company Atlan, which is a central platform for managing data assets, similar to how GitHub supports engineering or Figma supports design. Previously, she was the founder of SocialCops, another data management company. A TEDx speaker, Sankar is passionate about data being used to make big decisions.
Atlan is a platform where teams can consolidate their data, including tables, dashboards, models, and code, creating a unified source for their data assets. Recognized for its innovation in the field, Atlan was named by Gartner as one of the top three global companies in DataOps, highlighting it as a ‘Cool Vendor’.
Hasura
Rajoshi Ghosh and Tanmai Gopal founded Hasura and led the company towards $136.5 million funding over four rounds. Ghosh, a serial entrepreneur, has founded six startups before Hasura.
This company simplifies building APIs by automatically generating something called a GraphQL API directly from your existing databases. Traditionally, building APIs can be time-consuming and requires a lot of code. Hasura streamlines this process.
MetaShop makes 3D asset creation accessible for everyone. It specialises in developing tools that allow users to easily create high-quality 3D models of real-world objects using only photos or videos. It was founded by Sophiya Jagannathan and Mukul Ingle. During the COVID pandemic, the duo was looking to buy furniture, but struggled with not being able to imagine how it would appear in real life. Finding a solution for this led to Metashop.
Jagannathan has a background in computer science and went on to work as a deep learning engineer at Superset Labs. Here, she contributed to the development of object detection software and co-developed a device called ‘Trace’ during COVID, aimed at early detection of infections in public spaces and offices.
BrainSight AI
Laina Emmanuel and Rimjhim Agrawal came together to start BrainSight AI that uses AI to help doctors study brain health more accurately and speed up patient recovery. Agarwal, who has a PhD in psychiatry and machine learning application in neuroscience, joined hands with Emmanuel, whose expertise lies in engineering and management.
The women, though from different backgrounds, are passionate about solving real world problems. With their combined expertise in neuroscience they aim to make a lasting impact in the field of neuro-technology.
Anita Kulkarni Puranik comes with extensive experience of 32 years in software development and management. She started Metamagics with a vision to improve patient care after experiencing organ transplantation in real life.
Metamagics’ main product, GridSense, automates analytics and optimises care protocols for transplant patients using data analytics, semantic web technologies, and deep expertise in transplant care. This platform offers disease-specific insights, aims to minimise errors, and improves long-term outcomes by effectively organising patient data for clinical decisions.
TekUncorked
Meenakshi Vashist, the founder and CEO of TekUncorked, brings over two decades of experience in product innovation across various sectors before venturing into entrepreneurship. A former ISRO scientist and previously the founder of TU Technology, she aims to address the challenges in the power sector by making grids smarter and more reliable, leveraging IoT.
Founded in 2019, TekUncorked operates in three Indian states, focusing on climate tech impact and the integration of renewable energy sources to create a sustainable future in electricity distribution. This platform predicts and mitigates risks, improving grid efficiencies and reducing environmental impact. The company has quickly gained recognition, winning awards including the UN-Habitat’s Katowice Energy Innovation Challenge 2022.
