From autonomous drones to electric farm machines manufacturers, meet the 30 startups building the next generation of technology. 

At the 17th edition of YourStory’s flagship tech-startup event, TechSparks, Sridhar Vembu, Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Zoho Corp, unveiled and presented this year’s Tech30 at TechSparks 2026. This year’s picks reflect the growing ambition of Indian startups to develop their own technologies and apply them to practical problems. Here’s the full list.

With AI taking over software development, the technology remained the core topic across several discussions at the event. 

“AI already can write better code than at least 60-70% of software engineers out there. And in maybe three to six months, when things accelerate, AI can do better software than maybe 90% of software engineers,” Vembu said, speaking at TechSparks 2026.

Despite the impending disruption to tech professionals, a huge part of India’s population will remain largely unaffected, said Vembu, presenting a counter-intuitive macro perspective. He pointed out that roughly 97% of the broader population does not write software and operates as consumers of technology.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka government is being cautious about using AI in governance as it first needs to understand how this technology can be used responsibly, Priyank Kharge, Minister for Home, IT, BT & E-Governance, Government of Karnataka, said at the event.

However, this does not mean that the state government will not use AI in governance. The minister said the technology is being leveraged for basic issues such as citizen grievances, health, and mobility.

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