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Asia’s AI-Native Startup Clusters
June 23 , 2026
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- Bengaluru was ranked as the second-best Artificial Intelligence (AI)-native startup cluster in Asia in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2026.
- Bengaluru was also ranked 15th globally among the world's top 40 startup ecosystems in the report released at the Viva Technology (VivaTech) 2026 event in Paris, France.
- Bengaluru is the highest-ranked startup ecosystem in India, ranking 6th in Asia.
- The city scored 9 out of 10 in both performance and Research and Development (R&D), 8 in AI-native cluster, and 7 in funding and market reach.
- Bengaluru attracts 58% of India's AI startup funding and has raised about US$1.5 billion for AI startups since 2020, including more than US$1.2 billion for application-layer AI startups.
- The startup ecosystem of Bengaluru is valued at US$153 billion and has 30 active unicorns, which is much higher than the global average of 11 unicorns.
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