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India’s women-led AI startups raise US$26.4 billion, but gender gap remains
As of October 2025, India has over 7,000 women-led startups—representing 7.5% of active startups—according to Tracxn data. These ventures, many in AI, have cumulatively raised US$26.4 billion in funding. Despite the sizeable number, women occupy just 22% of all AI roles in India. The trend underscores growing female entrepreneurship in the tech sector, yet reveals persistent under-representation in technical leadership and VC access. The rise supports the government’s ‘AI for Bharat’ vision and may attract targeted policy support and funds.
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India’s women-led AI startups raise US$26.4 billion, but gender gap remains
As of October 2025, India has over 7,000 women-led startups—representing 7.5% of active startups—according to Tracxn data. These ventures, many in AI, have cumulatively raised US$26.4 billion in funding. Despite the sizeable number, women occupy just 22% of all AI roles in India. The trend underscores growing female entrepreneurship in the tech sector, yet reveals persistent under-representation in technical leadership and VC access. The rise supports the government’s ‘AI for Bharat’ vision and may attract targeted policy support and funds.
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- startups
- india
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Women-led Indian AI startups have raised US$26.4 billion, yet women hold only 22% of AI roles, signalling both progress and gap.
As of October 2025, India has over 7,000 women-led startups—representing 7.5% of active startups—according to Tracxn data. These ventures, many in AI, have cumulatively raised US$26.4 billion in funding. Despite the sizeable number, women occupy just 22% of all AI roles in India. The trend underscores growing female entrepreneurship in the tech sector, yet reveals persistent under-representation in technical leadership and VC access. The rise supports the government’s ‘AI for Bharat’ vision and may attract targeted policy support and funds.
As of October 2025, India has over 7,000 women-led startups—representing 7.5% of active startups—according to Tracxn data. These ventures, many in AI, have cumulatively raised US$26.4 billion in funding. Despite the sizeable number, women occupy just 22% of all AI roles in India. The trend underscores growing female entrepreneurship in the tech sector, yet reveals persistent under-representation in technical leadership and VC access. The rise supports the government’s ‘AI for Bharat’ vision and may attract targeted policy support and funds.
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