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Inc42 features four AI startups to watch

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Linkrunner
What it does
AI-powered mobile marketing measurement platform
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Enterprise Software & IT

What they do

Linkrunner is an AI-powered mobile marketing measurement platform

What happened

Inc42 listed Linkrunner, Monk CI, Rowboat Labs, and Vidopix in its tenth edition of 'AI Startups To Watch'

Why it matters

Indian AI startups raised $676 Mn in H1 2026, a fourfold jump year-over-year

The details

  • Inc42 published the tenth edition of its 'AI Startups To Watch' series in July 2026.
  • The series features four Indian AI startups: Linkrunner, Monk CI, Rowboat Labs, and Vidopix.
  • Indian AI startups raised $676 Mn in H1 2026, a fourfold increase year-over-year.
  • Linkrunner is an AI-powered mobile marketing measurement platform.
  • Monk CI accelerates software build pipelines by replacing GitHub Actions runners.
  • Rowboat Labs organises workplace knowledge and runs locally on the user's device.
  • Vidopix provides AI-powered ad compliance checks for pre-publish video content.

The bigger picture

  • The global mobile measurement and attribution market is $6 Bn in 2026, forecast to reach $15 Bn by 2033.
  • The global DevSecOps market is projected to reach $32 Bn by 2034.
  • The global knowledge management software market is $17.15 Bn in 2026, expected to grow to $70.01 Bn by 2035.
  • The video analytics market is also growing, though the exact figure was cut off in the article.

About the business

  • Linkrunner combines attribution, deep linking, cohort analysis, revenue tracking, retention, and remarketing into a single platform.
  • Linkrunner features include anomaly detection, creative performance analysis, and campaign insights.
  • Linkrunner uses a usage-based SaaS model.
  • Linkrunner has 150+ customers across 15 countries including India, US, Europe, Southeast Asia, and UAE.
  • Linkrunner has processed 6 Bn+ data points and analyses about 1 Bn data points monthly.
  • Monk CI replaces GitHub Actions runners with pre-warmed VMs to reduce build times and compute costs.
  • Monk CI summarises build logs, identifies error sources, and its agent can auto-resolve failures.
  • Monk CI claims build times are cut up to 10x and CI costs reduced up to 75%.
  • Monk CI uses pay-as-you-go pricing based on runner minutes and offers free monthly build credits.
  • Monk CI has 15+ companies onboarded, secured industry certifications, and begun US pilot deployments.
  • Rowboat Labs organises emails, meetings, notes, and documents into a searchable knowledge graph.
  • Rowboat Labs' flagship product is Work Surfaces, which embeds AI into workspaces for emails and meetings.
  • Rowboat Labs is open source, supports ChatGPT, Claude, and locally hosted LLMs.
  • Rowboat Labs has crossed 15,000 GitHub stars.
  • Vidopix reviews advertising videos for compliance risks, brand safety, and creative quality.
  • Vidopix's proprietary model Pixi is trained on millions of ads and public videos.
  • Vidopix analyses content in 230+ languages including Indian languages, via web dashboard or APIs.
  • Vidopix uses subscription and usage-based pricing and is bootstrapped.
  • Vidopix customers include FMCG, media, ecommerce, and beauty companies; it has expanded to Oman and UK.

What happens next

  • Rowboat Labs initially targets individual knowledge workers and developers, then plans to move to enterprise customers.

Investors

  • Y Combinator (backer) — Rowboat Labs is backed by Y Combinator.

Founders

  • Shreyans Sancheti, Co-founder of Linkrunner
  • Darshil Rathod, Co-founder of Linkrunner
  • Ujjwal Prashant, Co-founder of Monk CI
  • Nitin Mandale, Co-founder of Monk CI
  • Arjun Maheswaran, Co-founder of Rowboat Labs
  • Ramnique Singh, Co-founder of Rowboat Labs
  • Atique Bandukwala, Co-founder of Vidopix
  • Vinu Nair, Co-founder of Vidopix
  • Naman Khandelwal, Co-founder of Vidopix

About Linkrunner

Product
An AI-driven app attribution and analytics platform for modern consumer apps.
Customers
Consumer app companies and growth marketing teams.
How it makes money
SaaS platform for tracking attribution, ad spend, and growth metrics.
What sets it apart
Uses AI and structured app data to support growth marketing decisions.
Operations
Hiring across engineering and data science while expanding go-to-market in India.

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