Google showcases AI-powered apps by Indian startups at I/O Connect
At Google's I/O Connect India in Bengaluru, eight homegrown startups grabbed the spotlight by building creative apps with Google's AI.
Sarvam wowed with Sarvam-Translate, which uses Google's Gemma 3 to translate into 22 Indian languages and already handles over a lakh requests every week.
Other standouts included CoRover's BharatGPT for custom chatbots, Invideo's tool that turns text prompts into videos, Entri's AI-powered language support for learners, and Nykaa's visual search on its fashion platform.
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Plus, Google announced the next round of its Startups Accelerator: Apps program—this initiative has already helped more than 230 Indian startups grow over the past decade.