Winner Announcement Blog for AI Gamechangers Award 2023
The AI Gamechangers Award was India’s flagship event at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023. The AI Gamechangers Award recognised and celebrated startups that are driving responsible AI innovation, and this success is a testament to your dedication and expertise.
The Call for applications for the AI Gamechangers Award, spanning from September 12th to November 15th, 2023, garnered an overwhelming response from a diverse pool of startups. A Review Committee, comprising members from government, civil society, academia, and industry, meticulously evaluated the submissions. Top 10 Startups were selected by the Committee after detailed deliberations and assessment of innovative solutions presented by the startups.
The final pitching session of the AI Gamechangers Award was held on 14th December, 2023 at the GPAI Summit 2023 in New Delhi, India. The 10 shortlisted start-ups presented their innovations before a distinguished panel of jurors and exhibited their transformative ideas before a global audience from GPAI member countries, prominent Global AI Experts, and multilateral organisations. The jury consisted of Shri S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT; Shri Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT and President; Ms Kavita Bhatia, Scientist ‘G’ and Group Coordinator, Ministry of Electronics and IT; Mr Howard Lakougna, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Mr Arpit Agarwal, Partner, Blume Ventures; Mr Pankaj Thakar, Founder & Chief Mentor, PadUp Ventures; Mr Anirudh Suri, Managing Partner, India Internet Fund; and Mr Harshjit Sethi, Managing Director, Peak XV.
The winners of the AI Gamechangers Award are as follows:
| Award | Start-Up Name | Founder(s) | Description |
| Winner | Neodocs Healthcare Private Limited | Nikunj Malpani, Pratik Lodha, and Anurag Meena | Neodocs team are building instant, smartphone-based tests using AI/ML and computer vision that can be done anytime, anywhere. One needs to simply take the test, click a photo using their phone, and the results are generated within 30 seconds. |
| Winner | Qure ai Technologies Private Limited | Prashant Warier | Qure.ai leverages advanced AI and deep learning to enhance healthcare accessibility and equity across the world. Specialising in medical imaging and care coordination, our flagship qXR solution revolutionises radiology by providing immediate chest X-ray analyses, identifying up to 30 different abnormalities. |
| Runners – Up | DronaMaps Private Limited | Ayushi Mishra and Utkarsh Singh | DronaMaps provides command and control centre solutions built on the backbone of drone-based maps and AI. With high-frequency mapping, DronaMaps extracts 100+ features for comprehensive decision-making. |
| Runners – Up | Nayan India Science and Technologies Private Limited | Jayant Ratti | NAYAN, an Artificial Intelligence-based vision processing product, leverages the power of smartphones, Fleets, Dashcams, and Drones to collect crowd-sourced and visual data from multiple locations. |
| Second Runners – Up | GenroboticInnovations Private Limited | Vimal Govind M.K, Arun George, Rashid K, and Nikhil N P | Genrobotics, a robotics company, aims to provide quality and reliable health-tech solutions for people facing disabilities. Their AI-enhanced Robotic Gait Rehabilitator, G Gaiter, accelerates rehabilitation for patients with Gait disabilities, utilising patented G PLOT Technology. |
| Second Runners – Up | SarvDeepcall Private Limited | Arpit Tak and Ramesh Choudhary | Naam is an AI-based Contact Identification App that allows users to identify unknown calls, and spammers without syncing the contacts. Through cutting-edge AI solutions, it transforms data from diverse public sources into actionable insights, driving informed decision-making. |
