FEBRUARY 20194Over the last decade, India has come a long way to be called as the third largest tech startup ecosystem globally with close to a dozen unicorns being created. In future, the demand for advanced deep tech and AI-related technologies is expected to unlock a trillion-dollar opportunity. AI has the potential to add US$957 billion, or 15 percent of current gross value added to India's economy in 2035 and Deep Tech Startups will drive this transformation as well as spearhead the broad structural transformation of the economy. Also, a NASSCOM report revealed that it will continue to catalyze and support deep tech startups, and help build category leaders who can create viable solutions for India.Although India has witnessed a startup revolution in the past decade, spearheaded by the likes of consumer-centric companies, at present, the trend is veering towards deep technology startups, as solutions powered by advanced technologies such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning are grabbing the attention of investors. Industry sectors as Healthcare, Semiconductors, Mobile and SaaS are witnessing the application of advanced technologies like AI/ML, Big Data, IoT and AR/VR. And even, the investor interest in these start-ups is on the rise and even the big corporates are offering acceleration, collaboration and investment programs to catalyze and support the Deep Tech industry.In our current edition, we have featured a list of "10 Most Promising Deep Tech Startups". These startups are gradually making their presence felt. A niche set of these startups are changing the startup game. The industry will continue its drive towards catalyzing deep tech start-ups, build category leaders and support start-ups to create not only for India but also scale up and solve for the world.Do let us know your thoughts.Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorDeep Tech Startups are changing the GameEDITOR'S NOTE Vol 4 · Issue 8 - 1 · February 04, 2019 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik John Roshan Anto Lakshmi G Hridkamal Roy Sales & Marketing Felisha Rita Garima Anand Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.startupcity.com/subscribe Cover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2019 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers Manjunath Siva ShankarGM Sales & Marketing Amrit Singhsiliconindia
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