Indian AI & Gaming Startups Take Center Stage at India AI Impact Summit 2026

By Pickle  February 18, 2026

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Five Indian Startups Yesgnome, Metasports (Hitwicket), Koyozo, Youth Buzz (Ourcadium) and Evivve   are Showcase AI-Powered Gaming & Immersive Innovations

The India AI Impact Summit 2026, a premier global conference on Artificial Intelligence, has brought together governments, technology leaders, startups, investors, researchers and policymakers to explore the transformative impact of AI across industries. Positioned as a key platform for demonstrating real-world AI applications and fostering global collaboration, the summit reinforces India’s emergence as a leading hub for AI-driven innovation

Under the gaming and interactive technology category, five pioneering Indian startups Yesgnome, Metasports (Hitwicket), Koyozo, Youth Buzz (Ourcadium), and Evivve will showcase cutting-edge AI-powered solutions, highlighting India’s growing leadership at the intersection of AI, gaming, immersive media and enterprise transformation.

AI-Powered Creative Production

Yesgnome is  presenting Sketly AI, its AI-powered art creation platform built for game studios and creative teams. The platform enables the generation of production-ready game assets including character designs, environments, UI elements, storyboards and animation components with speed, consistency and stylistic control.

A key feature is its proprietary style-training system, allowing studios to train AI on a defined visual aesthetic to maintain cohesion across large-scale productions. By enabling rapid iteration, sprite sheet creation, asset enhancement and expansion tools, Sketly AI aims to streamline production workflows, reduce bottlenecks and empower both indie teams and global studios to scale creative output efficiently.

Generative AI in Live Sports Gaming

Metasports is showcasing  Hitwicket, a competitive multiplayer cricket game with over 18 million users worldwide. At the summit, the company will demonstrate its Generative AI-powered real-time commentary engine.

The system analyzes live gameplay scenarios, generates contextual text commentary and converts it into expressive voice output, delivering a personalized narration experience for every match. By integrating AI-driven storytelling into live sports gameplay, Hitwicket demonstrates how Generative AI can enhance immersion, personalization and broadcast-quality interactivity in mobile gaming.

Console-Grade Mobile Gaming Ecosystem

Koyozo  demonstrated its integrated mobile handheld gaming ecosystem designed to transform smartphones into console-grade gaming devices.

Its flagship hardware, Koyozo One, features hall-effect joysticks and triggers, dual connectivity (Type-C and Bluetooth), haptic feedback, modular accessory support and pass-through charging. Complementing the device is Koyozo Club, an intelligent platform layer offering auto button mapping, game discovery, remote play integration, performance insights and personalized control profiles.

Together, the ecosystem seeks to address fragmentation in India’s mobile gaming market by delivering a seamless, high-performance handheld gaming experience optimized for competitive play and immersive engagement.

Human vs AI: Interactive Showcase

Youth Buzz, through its immersive technology platform Ourcadium,  presented  “Man vs. GPT”, an interactive gameplay experience exploring the evolving relationship between human creativity and AI adaptation.

In the live showcase, human participants compete against AI-powered opponents that learn and adapt across rounds using behavioral patterning and real-time decision loops. Designed as an audience-friendly format, the experience simplifies complex AI concepts into engaging gameplay,

Demonstrating adaptive difficulty systems and intelligent interaction models. Positioned as Made-in-India intellectual property, the showcase underscores India’s push toward original immersive entertainment formats within the expanding digital ecosystem.

Measuring Cognitive AI Readiness

Evivve, a global Behavioral Intelligence and Organizational Transformation lab,  debuted its Enterprise Cognitive AI Readiness Tool at the summit, spotlighting what it terms the “Human Cognitive Infrastructure” gap in AI adoption.

Grounded in its neuroscience-based AFERR Model Activation, Forecasting, Experimentation, Realization and Reflection the tool assesses leadership and organizational readiness beyond traditional technical checklists, evaluating how leaders frame problems, make decisions and adapt alongside intelligent systems.

Evivve’s booth will operate as a live diagnostic lab, where policymakers and enterprise leaders can participate in executive simulations. The company will also present its “State of Cognition: India AI Snapshot 2026,” measuring AI leadership readiness in real time during the summit.

The participation of these five startups underscores India’s expanding capabilities in AI-powered gaming, immersive experiences, cognitive transformation and interactive storytelling. Their presence at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 reflects a broader national ambition to build globally competitive, AI-native platforms and position India at the forefront of next-generation digital innovation.