Noida has emerged as a rising hub for artificial intelligence, driven by its proximity to Delhi NCR, a robust IT-services base and a growing pipeline of product-first startups spanning SaaS, gaming, fintech and enterprise solutions. Cost-effective infrastructure, access to talent, state startup policies and the presence of global tech firms position the city for scalable AI growth.
Indian AI startups raised $676 Mn across 57 deals in H1 2026, more than 4X the $162 Mn they raised across 30 deals in H1 2025, and Noida is part of the NCR belt driving that expansion. The AI run is striking because the wider market moved the opposite way: overall Indian startup funding dropped 9% year on year to $5.2 Bn in H1 2026, yet AI’s $676 Mn in six months is already near a third of the roughly $1.8 Bn the sector had raised in total up to 2025. The bulk of that capital has gone to application-layer and enterprise AI rather than foundational models, the layer where Noida’s SaaS and consumer-internet base gives founders ready distribution and data.
Noida’s own AI base is anchored by Innovaccer, the healthcare-data and analytics unicorn headquartered in the city, which has raised about $650.6 Mn across eight rounds and applies AI across patient management, CRM and clinical insights. Sales-acceleration platform SquadStack has raised roughly $24.6 Mn, including a $17.5 Mn Series B, layering machine-learning models on a distributed agent network, while Gabify uses AI-led video and speech analysis to screen children for developmental delays and Sustainiam applies data tooling to help enterprises trade carbon and renewable-energy credits. The momentum is broad-based: Indian AI startups raised close to $500 Mn across 63 deals in 2025, breaking into the top 10 sectors by both deal count and capital, before the H1 2026 surge accelerated the trend. The 10 companies ranked below are ordered by total funding raised, from the city’s AI-led unicorn down to seed-stage challengers.