Turbostart's marks 4th Anniversary unveiling the winners of its AI Innovation Challenge
Turbostart marked its 4th anniversary by unveiling the winners of its AI Innovation Challenge, chosen by a panel of judges following a series of pitching rounds. The competition, designed to foster innovation, saw 12 startups presenting their solutions, with four of them selected for potential investments of up to INR 1 Crore. The announcement was made during a startup forum, where industry leaders and entrepreneurs engaged in discussions about AI innovation in the enterprise.
The four winning startups, Augmatrix, Skille AI, Pixage, and Autoflow, are now eligible to receive investments of up to Rs 1 crore each. Augmatrix offers an AI platform that streamlines AI adoption with pre-built components, MLOps integration, and a model marketplace. Skille AI provides a personalized tech learning platform that tailors hands-on content to users’ needs, goals, and time constraints. Pixage has developed a marketing analytics tool that integrates with major advertising platforms to offer insights into performance-driving campaigns. Autoflow focuses on AI-driven automation for app testing, identifying app flows, generating test cases, and assisting in code improvement.
Venkat Raju, Global CEO of Turbostart, emphasized the importance of AI and the impact of the Innovation Challenge, stating, “With Generative AI being the buzzword, it is important to unearth truly disruptive and differentiated AI startups backed by founders with domain insights and deep AI expertise. We are pleased to have some gems as part of this challenge.” Winners Sahil Chaudhary, founder of Autoflow, and co-founders of Skille AI, Jeevankur Talukdar and Sudeep Sharma, expressed their delight at being named the winners.
As part of the Sparkplug event, Turbostart hosted expert panel discussions and keynote speeches featuring industry experts and entrepreneurs. These sessions explored the AI Revolution in corporations and highlighted opportunities for startups. Panelists included Mr. Niranjan Chaoji, Chief Customer Officer at Turbostart; Mr. Venkatesh Adavi, Vice President at VerSe Innovation; Mr. Ravi Rao, Founding Partner at Turbostart MEA; Mr. Brij Singh, Founder and CEO of SnowMountain AI; Ishita Sawant, Founder and CEO of Meolaa; Mr. Praveen Kumar GS, Director of AI CoE leader (Human-Generative AI Interactions, Multimodal AI, Conversational AI); Venkat Raju, Global CEO of Turbostart; and Mr. Shourya Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Flam.
