At Google I/O Connect India 2025, the remarkable progress of AI adoption by India’s startups and developers was celebrated, marking a significant step in the country’s AI journey. Many startups have been leveraging Google’s Gemini, Gemma, and GenMedia models to power their AI-driven solutions, showing strong momentum and leadership in innovation.
Startups across the country are using tools like Google AI Studio, Cloud, and Vertex AI to build faster, smarter, and more efficient solutions tailored to India’s unique scale and diversity. At the event, eight startups presented AI-powered applications that are already making a real-world impact across key sectors such as education, governance, commerce, and media.
Sarvam was highlighted for its work towards a sovereign AI ecosystem for India. Selected for the INDIAai Mission, Sarvam has developed Sarvam-Translate, an open-source translation model built using Gemma 3. This model supports accurate and culturally-aware long-form translations in all 22 official Indian languages. As a hosted API, Sarvam-Translate currently handles over 100,000 weekly translation requests. The model also powers Samvaad, Sarvam’s conversational AI platform, which has processed more than 10 million conversation turns.
CoRover is helping businesses build multilingual customer chatbots using Gemini. With support for over 100 languages and 99% communication accuracy, CoRover’s BharatGPT platform has enabled over 1 billion users, 25,000 enterprises and developers, and more than 20 billion interactions. Integrating Gemini has improved their efficiency by up to 70% and sped up solution delivery by 10x.
Glance, an AI-native commerce platform, uses Gemini and Imagen to offer personalized, interactive shopping experiences on mobile and connected TVs. Its tools allow users to visualize fashion looks and discover products in real time, blending entertainment with commerce.
Entri has integrated Gemini into its AI Teacher Assistant and Interview Coach to support over 15 million learners in local languages. The Teacher Assistant sees 53% adoption, with 60% of users preferring AI summaries. The Interview Coach has 91% adoption and 75% repeat usage, highlighting its impact on vernacular edtech.
InVideo is simplifying video creation by allowing users to generate full-length videos using only text prompts. Using Imagen 4 and Veo 3, InVideo empowers users to turn ideas into ads, explainers, or stories with ease, supported by the Google AI stack.
Nykaa has added visual product discovery to its fashion platform using Gemini and Chrome’s multimodal API. Users can snap photos to find similar products and receive style suggestions, all processed on-device for speed and privacy.
Dashverse has built platforms like Dashtoon Studio and Frameo using Veo 3, Lyria 2, and Gemini, supporting over 2 million users. It has also produced a 90-minute AI-generated mythological drama and uses Lyria 2 for adaptive soundtracks in its Dashreels platform.
Toonsutra is reimagining storytelling through Indian-language webcomics using Lyria 2 and Gemini 2.5 Pro. With AI-generated music, speech, and video elements via Veo 3, the comics offer an immersive and interactive experience.
The Indian startup and developer ecosystem continues to lead the country’s digital and AI-driven transformation. Google remains committed to supporting this momentum, having helped over 230 Indian startups through its accelerator programs. This year, new initiatives like Agentic AI Roadshows and a GenAI Buildathon are being launched to bring advanced AI to thousands of early-stage startups.
Tomorrow, 20 new startups will begin their AI journeys as part of the second cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator: Apps program, adding further energy to India’s AI innovation landscape.
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