It takes a village to raise an AI world
AI-powered startups are emerging across the Indian heartland in places ranging from Shillong in the NorthEast to Raipur in central India and across Coimbatore and Kochi in the south.
These ventures are riding on local talent, cost efficiency and the need for diverse inputs to build the curated, Indic language technology models and services that the AI revolution is seeding. With access to cheaper talent, lower rentals and operational expenses, better quality of life than the metros and remote working arrangements, these companies do not feel the need to migrate to the metros as yet.
Tech knows no bounds
The e-learning segment is among the early adopters of GenAI and Kochi-based Mohammed Hisam understands that very well. The founder and CEO of Entri, a vernacular-language platform for job seekers, aims to bridge the skill gap among the regional workforce and AI assistance can unlock new opportunities, Hisam said.
“Real-time doubt resolution is accelerated by GenAI by manyfolds. Our personal AI tutor, the Entri Copilot is able to interact with users in their local language,” Hisam said. The platform has 14 million users across 22 Indian languages.
The Kerala Startup Mission-incubated startup has raised Series A funding and is backed by Omidyar Network, Verlinvest and Ram Shriram (first investor in Google).
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