IIITH-incubated AI start-up to be a springboard for affordable Lip-sync technology
A deep Tech AI web app built by two Ph.D scholars of IIITH’s CVIT is all set to disrupt the art of video-editing and dubbing. The patented software from the newly launched start-up can morph authentic-looking speeches with a single video clip of a human or digital avatar, in a matter of minutes, in the […]
Rethinking The Rendezvous With NextMeet’s Metaverse Solution
Zoom events were de rigueur in 2020. But now instead of passively sitting in front of a screen, you can actually mingle in the Metaverse. IIITH’s R&D Showcase 2022 showed us just how that was possible, thanks to CIE-based startup NextMeet. When Ravi Sankar Nadimpalli, BYJU’s FutureSchool heard about the multi-model form adopted by IIITH […]
How Focusing On Consumer Healthtech Products Has Worked For This IIITH-alumnus Startup
BlueSemi, a CIE-incubated startup founded by IIITH alumnus Sunil Kumar Maddikatla has received an impressive funding of USD 69 million from Luxembourg-based investment group GEM Global Yield LLC. The infusion is set to fuel the growth of its soon-to-be launched disruptive healthtech product that is inspired by ikigai. It was the Consumer Electronics Showcase 2020 […]
Starting A Racquet: The evolution of IIITH’s sports analytics research to a full-fledged startup
With its first break at the Premier Badminton League, followed by an endorsement by Pullela Gopichand, this sports analytics startup is using data insights to evolve badminton and football for future generations. And it all started with research papers at the CVIT lab. In early 2019, a research paper from IIITH’s Centre for Visual Information […]
Maker’s Lab: The Whole 9 Yards of Product Development at IIIT – Hyderabad
Apparently the biggest hurdle of innovation is coming up with the idea itself. But what comes next? Where would young innovators find the means and expertise to translate their ideas into a prototype? IIIT Hyderabad, under the NIDHI-PRAYAS scheme, steps in to address this area with its state-of-the-art Maker’s Lab. IIIT Hyderabad has been supporting […]
Learning from the Laureates at Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Every year, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) brings together top visionaries of Mathematics and Computer Science and winners of the Abel Prize, Fields Medal, Nevanlinna Prize, Turing Award and ACM Computing Prize for a week-long discussion with young researchers on the advancements and future of Mathematics and Computer Science. Here are Prof P J Narayanan’s takeaways […]
The MedTech Ecosystem In Hyderabad Has A New Address – Ojas
The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IIIT-H continues its decennial celebratory streak with the inauguration of a specialized incubator for medtech startups. With its well-lit working spaces and open design, the incubator is aptly titled Ojas – the Sanskrit term for the seat of all vitality, energy, good health and wellness. It has […]
Young and Innovative Start-ups from IIIT-H Students
A brilliant business idea can come out of anywhere. But it takes a certain amount of genius to know just where to look. It could be a solution to an everyday common problem, a gap in an existing market, or expertise or skill set that you possess and would like to cash in on. Several […]
Manjeera Digital Systems Builds First Indian Processor to Enable AI Processing
Made-in-Hyderabad High-Performance Computing Engine Successfully Gets Validated on Silicon. With this announcement, the CIE-incubated Hyderabad-based startup Manjeera Digital Systems is all set to take on the global giants in the microprocessor industry. As we hurtle towards a future dominated by AI and Computer Vision, it is becoming increasingly clear that we are going to have […]
Onward Health takes plunge into healthcare analytics
An engineer, with an MBA from IIM Lucknow, Dinesh Koka was exposed to the healthcare sector with his first stint at GE Healthcare. Having worked in the healthcare sector for 15+ years and in a country like India that faces huge healthcare challenges, Dinesh says, it was pretty obvious that he wanted to do something […]