Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that seven generative AI startups from India have been selected for the AWS Global Generative AI Accelerator program. The selected Indian startups are among the 80 companies selected by AWS worldwide for their innovative use of AI and their global growth ambitions. The Indian cohort also represents the highest number of startups selected from a country in the Asia-Pacific region for the AWS Global Generative AI Accelerator program, said the company. The selected startups will also be invited to AWS’s premier annual event, re:Invent, in Las Vegas, where they will showcase their solutions on a global stage.
As part of AWS’s $230 million commitment to accelerate the creation of applications worldwide, the AWS Generative AI Accelerator program provides startups, especially early-stage companies, with AWS credits, mentorship, and education to further their use of AI and ML technologies. Selected startups will gain access to AWS compute, storage, and database technologies, as well as AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia2, energy-efficient AI chips that offer high performance at the lowest cost. The credits can also be used on Amazon SageMaker, a fully managed service that helps companies build and train their own foundation models (FMs), as well as to access models and tools to easily and securely build generative AI applications through Amazon Bedrock.
The 10-week program matches participants with both business and technical mentors based on their industry, and chosen startups will receive up to US$1 million each in AWS credits to help them build, train, test, and launch their generative AI solutions. Participants will also have access to technology and technical sessions from program presenting partner NVIDIA, a pioneer in accelerated computing.
“We are thrilled to announce the seven Indian startups that have been selected for the AWS global generative AI accelerator program. The Indian cohort represents the highest number of startups selected for the accelerator in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region. The selected startups are at the forefront of tapping into the transformative potential of generative AI to build innovative solutions,” said Amitabh Nagpal, Head, Startup Business Development, AWS India. “At AWS, our $230 million commitment and global expansion of the generative AI accelerator reflects our continued focus on supporting startups to develop, build and scale their unique ideas using generative AI. We are excited to witness the pioneering advancements that the selected startups will bring to solve complex challenges in India and worldwide.”
List of Indian Startups Selected by AWS
Here is the list of Indian startups selected for AWS Global Generative AI Accelerator program:
| Name of Startup | Industry | Location | About |
| Convrse | Software and Internet | Haryana | Convrse develops an AI-based tool to optimize complex 3D objects or scenes and make them web or real-time ready |
| House of Models | Software and Internet | Karnataka | House of Models leverages LLM and Diffuser models to generate digital content for brands and businesses, including images, videos, and product descriptions |
| Neural Garage | Media and Entertainment | Karnataka | Neural Garage uses generative AI to sync actors’ lips with dubbed audio in film, streaming, advertising, and broadcasting, offering seamless viewing without compromising the cinematic feel |
| Orbo.ai | Retail | Maharashtra | Orbo.ai uses generative AI to provide hyper-personalization and contextual search solutions for the beauty and personal care industries |
| Phot.ai | Marketing and advertising | Haryana | Phot.ai is a comprehensive AI-powered platform that simplifies photo editing and graphic design through a wide range of tools designed to help e-commerce sellers optimize their workflows |
| Unscript AI | Marketing and advertising | Karnataka | Unscript AI uses generative AI to create studio-quality videos with real or virtual actors, without the cost or time involved with physical shooting |
| Zocket | Software and Internet | Tamil Nadu | Zocket simplifies digital advertising using generative AI for ad creation, targeting, and analytics, making it easy for businesses of all sizes to manage and optimize campaigns |
