2025
A year ago, the conversation around AI in Indian startups was charged with possibility but tempered by uncertainty. Founders were excited, but cautiously so. Models were impressive in demos but unpredictable in production. The question was never whether AI would matter, but whether it was ready to matter now.
That question has been answered.
What our survey reveals is a landscape that has decisively shifted from experimentation to execution.
The impact of AI has landed unevenly. It has struck hardest—and most visibly—in personal productivity, especially in engineering and product teams.
Perhaps the most striking shift is in how AI adoption is happening. Cultural resistance, a top complaint a year ago, has all but vanished.
And the harder questions about business impact beyond productivity, about which functions will transform next, about what this means for how startups are built and scaled are the ones that will define the next twelve months.