The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the AI Impact Startup Book at the India Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. The book captures the scale, diversity, and growing global footprint of India’s artificial intelligence and deep-tech startup ecosystem. Highlighting the objective behind the publication, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of MeitY, Abhishek Singh, said that the compendium provides a consolidated repository of AI solutions being developed in India, enabling ministries, states and institutions to assess their real-world performance and adopt them for population-scale deployment.
He underlined that the next phase of India’s AI journey will depend on systematically connecting solution providers with implementing agencies and moving from pilot-stage innovation to large-scale adoption across sectors. The publication presents insights from a large sample of startups and highlights emerging trends across sectors, technologies, and geographies. The study further notes the emergence of indigenous AI infrastructure, the growing integration of edge AI with hardware capabilities, and the transition of several startups from early-stage impact to global growth.