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Over 70% of Startups Integrating AI into Core Biz
Financial Express Mumbai
|June 28, 2025
OVER 70% OF India's high-growth startups have now started integrating artificial intelligence (AI) across core business functions, underscoring the technology's rise as the ecosystem's dominant growth lever, according to a new report by Meta in collaboration with Alvarez & Marsal India.
The study, based on interviews with 100 rapidly scaling ventures, finds that AI adopters are reporting a roughly 30% improvement in cost-per-acquisition (CPA) metrics, driven by automation, predictive analytics, and hyper-personalized customer engagement.
This story is from the June 28, 2025 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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