Bengaluru has been ranked Asia's second-best Artificial Intelligence (AI)-native startup cluster in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2026, released at VivaTech 2026 in Paris. The city is 15th among the world's top 40 startup ecosystems and 6th in Asia, making it India's highest-ranked ecosystem. It scored 9/10 in performance and R&D, 8 for its AI-native cluster and 7 in funding and market reach. Bengaluru draws 58% of India's AI startup funding, having raised about US$1.5 billion since 2020. Its ecosystem is valued at US$153 billion, with 30 active unicorns against a global average of 11.